Android phone due in Europe before Christmas

T-Mobile's G1, the first mobile phone based on Google's Android platform, will be available in the UK before Christmas this year.

The G1 will be available for free on price plans from 40 a month, which will include unlimited mobile internet browsing, the company said Tuesday.


French mobile operator SFR also plans to launch an Android phone in the first half of 2009, but it won't say from which manufacturer, according to spokeswoman Isabelle Naufle.

The G1 is manufactured by HTC but LG


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(Reuters)