Mark Sullivan of PC World has been poking around at the 4G World Conference in Chicago and suggests that Sprint may (rumor mill alert) offer a Samsung Android-powered handset on their new 4G network in 2010. Sprint has confirmed plans to sell a 4G phone next year, but has not offered any further details about the handset manufacturer or the OS that will be used.

Sprint has invested heavily in rolling out WiMax, as they have a 51% stake in WiMax carrier Clearwire. A WiMax handset with decent apps would run circles (speed-wise) around the 3G iPhone, and the up-and-coming Android OS should be a good vehicle for delivery of some 4G sweetness. Hopefully this speculation will be properly fed into the rumor mill and we will report any further developments.

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According to PhoneNews, Sprint is internally testing the HTC Hero, which got announced yesterday. Fans of the operating system will be nicely surprised if Sprint is to carry the Hero, having in mind it is not just an Android phone, but the first one to feature the new personalized interface Sense. The Hero itself is slated for a U.S. launch later in the year, but there are no details about the carrier availability.

That’s not all! An Android-powered device by Samsung is also being tested, the source informs. It would be WiMax-capable, which entirely corresponds to the info provided by a previous rumor we have heard. It should be released in the end of this year or in the beginning of the next one. If this is all true, Sprint subscribers will surely be pleased, as they will get not one, but two Android devices. So far, that’s been a privilege of T-Mobile users only.

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