Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, a major telecom equipment vendor in China, has sold more than 100,000 units of its self-developed Android-powered 3G smartphones in Europe, sources reported.

Huawei released its first Android smartphones on Oct. 6 and has become the third-largest supplier of Android 3G phones, said sources.

In June, Huawei showcased the Android-powered U8230 smartphone at CommunicAsia 2009 in Singapore. The U8230 smartphone offers both full and half QWERTY keyboards on its 3.5-inch LCD touch screen.

The new handset uses Google's Chrome Internet browser, which supports a variety of Google applications such as Google Maps and Google Talk in addition to Google Search. The battery has the longest life of any of the Android-powered handsets currently available, China Knowledge reported earlier.