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We've recently written about reports that netbooks based on the Android operating system are in the works, and on news and photos of new, upcoming Android smartphones. In addition to these concrete signs of Android development, GigaOm has covered the news of T-Mobile's plans to deliver many Android devices later this year, with three partners. Now, GigaOm has an interview up with Cole Brodman, CTO of T-Mobile U.S.A. ?Brodman confirms that we'll see new Android devices later this year, and confirms seeing Android running on netbook prototypes.

Recently, we covered Motorola's confirmation that it will deliver several smartphones based on the open source Android operating system later this year. That's good news, because applications have been proliferating for Android--with more than 3,000 available--and Android now has 6 percent of the U.S. smartphone market, even though it has largely been restricted to one handset: the T-Mobile G1 phone. Now, news about and photos of the upcoming Motorola Android phones are making the rounds online. Here are the details.

We've reported before on Motorola's interest in delivering phones based on the Android operating system. In October, the company was planning to deliver a new Android phone by the second quarter of this year, a deadline it apparently won't make. However, as InfoWorld reports, Motorola is aiming to deliver several Android-based smartphones in time for the holiday season. The company will launch the phones with multiple carriers in several areas around the world, according to chief of Motorola's mobile device division. Isn't it time for Motorola to pick a smartphone platform to concentrate on, though?