According to a New York Times Sunday report, T-Mobile is preparing a new set of devices - a home telephone device and tablet PC device -based on Google’s Android operating system, in its attempt to venture into arenas over and above the mobile phones.

The report, which quoted confidential documents obtained from one of T-Mobile’s partners, said that the Android-based mobile phone pioneer intends introducing a home phone running the OS early 2010, followed by a tablet computer.

The proposed T-Mobile home telephone device will plug into a docking station, and will be fitted with a mechanism that would handle data synchronization during the time of recharging the battery of the device.

Among the first carriers to espouse Android, T-Mobile lead the way in supporting an Android handset by offering the HTC G1 handset last November. Moreover, the company also has a HotSpot at Home service, which provides mobile calls over home WiFi connections.

The expansive move by T-Mobile, via the introduction of new Android devices, is not unprecedented in the US - three other big carriers, namely AT&T, Verizon and Sprint, have already announced their plans to take Android beyond mobile phones.

In addition, Hewlett-Packard is also studying Android to determine its use in PCs and other products; as is Asustek Computer, which boasts of dedicated engineers to create an Android mini-notebook!