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T-Mobile has just released the first cellphone to make use of Google’s Android operating system, the T-Mobile “G1” is manufactured by HTC and will be made available in the United States on October 22nd for $180 (plus an upgrade fee of $18) through T-Mobile. At a press event held in New York today, the wireless carrier unveiled the new smartphone which features a slide-out touchscreen display, a QWERTY keyboard, 3G wireless internet speeds, 3 Megapixel camera and the ability to download and install applications from an online store. Besides being available in the United States, the phone will also launch in the United Kingdom in November with multiple other countries following in 2009. There has yet to be an announcement of a possible Canadian launch, but it is a quadband GSM handset, meaning it would be compatible with Rogers and Fido’s networks.

T-Mobile’s “G1″ is expected to do well in part due to its operating system “Android” which makes touch-based controls possible. By involving finger flicks and long holds to easily navigate through software and gesture-based interactions using the phone’s built-in accelerometer, as well as the ability to use and install a wide range of applications and web tools including Flickr, YouTube, and Google Maps with StreetView. It can synchronize with Google desktop as well as use Yahoo and Microsoft’s instant messaging services. At this time, Android is an open source platform making it possible for other software developers to easily create applications and software for the G1. Sadly, one feature that will not be made available is the option for tethering the phone to a laptop.

The G1 will also be able to play video games and a version of Pac-Mac was shown at today’s event. According to Google there have already been an astonishing 17,00 applications created that will be made available for download to the G1.

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The T-Mobile G1 web site was available late last night, but it’s finally fully live after this morning’s big unveiling, and while it’s not exploding with detailed information, there’s many new pictures and details, including the much anticipated 3G coverage information. The first G1 ad has also has been released. If you whined over Apple’s grammatically questionable “funnest iPod ever” ad, wait until you watch the G1 ad including the words “smarterer,” “connecteder,” and even, “funnerer”.

Here’s the new T-Mobile G1 ad: