Wow, we’re really eyesight a flutter of Android netbook rumors hit the scene today. In addition to the allegedly accidental press liberation that had PC-manufacturer Dell development their own Android netbook, another rumor points to smartphone maker HTC teaming up with T-Mobile (NYSE: DT) on a netbook device powered by Google (NSDQ: GOOG)’s whippersnapper operating system. We’re slim on details, but TmoToday is reporting on an anonymous tip that has HTC developing an Android netbook with integrated 3G radio connectivity.
HTC has some experience with netbook-like devices. The HTC Advantage and HTC Shift were both super-small calculation devices that sought to shuffle mobile computing as portable as possible. The HTC Shift was a dual-booting gimmick with Windows Vista or Windows Mobile on tap. The HTC Advantage was Windows Mobile only, but offered a unique shape-gene that never quite caught on.
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