(free with £30-a-month contract) Another touchscreen iPhone rival, but this one has serious smartphone credentials. It's the first phone to run the Google Android operating system, which is gloriously easy to use and beautifully integrates Google's expanding array of free web services - Gmail email, Google Maps for satellite navigation and local search, GTalk instant messaging, Google Calendar and much more. Like the iPhone, it also has a growing array of downloadable applications and games. The G1 isn't just a touchscreen phone either - you can slide out a smalll but perfectly formed QWERTY keypad. I love the Android software, and it's particularly useful if you already use Google's free services online. However, the G1 is definitely first-generation hardware (as the name suggests). The camera isn't great and lacks a flash, the overall phone is too bulky and - inexcusably - theres no headphone socket or adapter so you have to use the terrible earphones that come with the phone. Still, we can expect to see lots more Google phones over the coming year. Read our full T-Mobile G1 review
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