Ahead of next month's rollout of its first Android-based smartphone, Sprint is moving to encourage developers to create applications based on the Google-backed open source mobile software and that will run on its network.

New to the Sprint Application Developer Web site today are tools and information for creating Android apps for the Sprint network. These include network and product APIs, such as location-based services and messaging, now available through the Sprint Developer Sandbox.

Developers utilizing the site and tools will be able to create and test applications for the Android platform on the Sprint (NYSE: S) network.

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