PICS : T-Mobile, Google and HTC Unleash Android G1 Smartphone; Free on £40+ contracts

- The G1 is not compatible with Microsoft Exchange out of the box but will be through third party applications.
- According to Trusted Reviews, there's no video recording, and no copy/paste, one of the fundamental flaws highlighted in the iPhone (ed: Shame on Google for this one).
- The device won't be available without a voice plan in the states and can't be used as an external modem.- G1 features a rich HTML e-mail client, which seamlessly syncs your e-mail, calendar and contacts from Gmail as well as most other POP3 or IMAP e-mail services.
- The T-Mobile G1 multitasks, so you can read a Web page while also downloading your e-mail in the background.
- It combines Instant Messaging support for Google TalkTM, as well as AOL, Yahoo! Messenger and Windows Live Messenger

You can view the full official coverage of the G1 launch here and read our complete coverage of Google's Android ever since it was announced here.