Android-powered Google G1 mobile phone launches

The G1 mobile phone, which is made by HTC and uses Google’s Android operating system, was officially launched in New York today. It’ll be available in the US from 22nd October and is expected to reach the UK in November. In the UK it’ll be free on a T-Mobile contract costing £40 a month. The phone itself has a touch screen and a slide-out QWERTY keyboard. [Sources: MarketWatch.com; Guardian.co.uk]