Today was another feather in the cap of Vodafone, on way to rebuilding their brand, after what has been a horror run for the telco. After nabbing the Legend, Desire HD, Nexus S and the Galaxy Tab 10.1, wrapping them all up in exclusive agreements, Vodafone have now added the QWERTY slider – Desire Z to their stable. Mirroring a lot of what Optus did at the beginning of last year, with their all out assault on the Android landscape, bringing more high end Android handsets like the Desire Z and the Nexus S is just what the doctor ordered for Vodafone. Hit the break for a quick rundown.

Sporting a 800MHz processor, 5 mega pixel camera with flash, 720p HD video recording and a hardware slideout QWERTY keyboard, it adds a new factor to Android handsets in Australia. At the moment we only have a handful of devices in the hardware keyboard space. Having someone like HTC is a big plus. Due the middle of this month with pricing to come very soon. If you think you might be interested, hit up our review we did and see what we thought of it.