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VMware on Monday announced plans to bring virtualization to mobile phones through its new VMware Mobile Virtualization Platform (MVP).

Built on technology it acquired from Trango Virtual Processors in October, VMware MVP aims to help handset vendors reduce development time and get mobile phones with value-added services to market faster. What's more, end users will be able to run multiple profiles -- for example, one for personal use and one for work use -- on the same phone.

T-Mobile will release this fall the first device using Google's Android software platform, according to a new report.

The New York Times said Thursday that the phone, being made by HTC, is expected to go on sale as early as October, in order to make the holiday season. It cited unnamed sources who had been briefed on T-Mobile's plans.

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The new device using the open-source Android software stack will reportedly have smartphone capabilities that compare with the Apple iPhone and devices from Research in Motion, Nokia and others.