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2009 Oz launch for Huawei Android? By Suzanne Tindal, ZDNet.com.au December 17, 2008 URL: http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/communications/soa/2009-Oz-launch-for-Huawei-Android-/0,130061791,339293882,00.htm
Aussie telcos would be able to start selling Chinese vendor Huawei's Android-based phones by the third quarter of 2009 if they wanted to, the company said this week. Huawei entered the Android open handset alliance earlier this week, announcing plans to launch smartphones running Google's new mobile operating system next year. There would be no launch apartheid where some nations were excluded from the first round of access to the phone, according to a spokesperson, who told ZDNet.com.au that if Australia got the phone later it would be the choice of the telcos and not Huawei. "Huawei can confirm that their first Android smartphone is scheduled to launch in the third quarter of 2009. Huawei's smartphones can be ordered and developed for Australian operators based on any such requests," the spokesperson said. Other Android phones include HTC's dream and Kogan Technologies' Agora, which will hit Australia on 29 January.
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