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HTC said it estimates T-Mobile will sell between 400,000 and 500,000 G1 handsets, with its Android platform developed by Google, before the end of 2008. According to a Wednesday report, the smartphone‘s exclusive US carrier, T-Mobile, will order between 1.5 and 2 million units in total, sales of which are estimated to add NT$7 billion (the equivalent of about $218 million) to HTC’s fourth quarter revenue or NT$18 billion (about $566 million) to the company’s bottom line in 2009.

The smartphone will compete with Apple’s iPhone, Samsung’s Omnia and HTC’s own Diamond, though promises to bring an easier interface and access to network application services from Google, made up of Google Maps, Gmail, YouTube and GoogleTalk as a unique online shopping capability via the Android Market.