AT&T Finally Ready for Android and webOS [AT&T to Launch Five Android & Two webOS Smartphones in 2010]

For some weird reason which I happen to like to call the iPhone, AT&T has kept away from the newest mobile operating systems available to date. The carrier hasn’t been very interested in either Android or webOS so far but as it gets closer to the inevitable end of its iPhone exclusivity, it has to explore other mobile OS for its customers.

Although not official just yet, it’s expected that AT&T’s iPhone rule will end in the near future so the carrier has to find other ways to keep subscribers interested in its offers. Both Android and webOS are two promising mobile operating systems which we’ll certainly see more and more in the future. If webOS failed to become the number one enemy of the iPhone, Android managed to grow at an impressive rate in 2009 and AT&T wouldn’t want to miss on all that action.

AT&T has announced today that it will launch not one but five Android smartphones this year which will be manufactured by HTC, Motorola and Dell. Not all the details are known so far but AT&T seems to be very serious about Android since these upcoming five handsets are to be unleashed in the first half of the year with more to come after that.

AT&T will also launch two webOS handsets in the same period of time which means that its subscribers will get quite a bunch of hot phones in the very near future. It is yet unknown if AT&T will launch the Pre and the Pixi or if Palm has something else coming out soon. But I definitely hope Palm has new handsets coming out this year.

Last but not least, AT&T will apparently focus on apps for all the its upcoming smartphones which is not a bad thing considering that most people are interested in getting as many apps installed on their brand new phones. But at the same time all those people interested in as many apps as possible also happen to want fast 3G connectivity in order to use those apps. So hopefully AT&T will increase its efforts on improving its 3G network in the following months in order to better accommodate those Android and webOS that are coming soon.