T-Mobile Teases 4G G2 Android Smartphone; Is This the Dual-core Glacier?

From DailyTech: RIM and Apple recently have been flattened under a deluge of high-powered Android handset releases. Between the Motorola Droid, Motorola Droid X, Motorola Droid 2, HTC Incredible, HTC EVO 4G, and Samsung Galaxy S/S Pro it's become hard to keep track of all these high-powered competitors.

Not looking to slow down, T-Mobile just aired a teaser page for the long awaited T-Mobile G2. You may recall that T-Mobile's G1 was the first Android smartphone to hit the U.S. market, landing back in October 2008.

The new G2 was rumored to be released in July 2009 – instead it never showed up. At the time the phone was rumored to be the HTC Magic. Now it seems possible that the phone might be the dual-core HTC Glacier that a T-Mobile employee posted benchmarks of on GLSBenchmark.

If it is indeed the Glacier, the slick white paint job would certainly suit its model name.

The only thing T-Mobile has officially announced about the phone is that it is going to be the network's first HSPA+ compatible smartphone. HSPA+ is a so called "3.5G" cell phone transmission technology (LTE and WiMAX are considered the only "true" 4G technologies). T-Mobile insists on billing it as a "4G equivalent", though, which recently led to harsh words from rival AT&T.

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