The T-Mobile G1 Android phone is launched and you can get it for $179 with a two-year contract with data on October 22 here in the US. Existing T-Mobile customers can pre-order today in limited quantities. The U.K. will get the phone beginning in November, and will be across Europe by the first quarter of ‘09.

Q&A Highlights at the G1 Launch:

• Will not be able to use as tethered modem and can’t get only a data plan.
• Can read read Word, Excel documents. Exchange support not on board but could be enabled by third parties.
• Will be SIM-locked to T-Mobile.
• Gmail is push experience.
• Not a desktop application included for syncing.
• Will be available outside 3G areas and encouraging Wi-Fi usage in those areas.
• Google and T-Mobile will have integrated marketing plan. Will be biggest marketing campaign ever for a mobile device.
• Does not support A2DP Bluetooth, so no stereo support!
• Device should have mass appeal, especially consumers. Not necessarily enterprise.
• Gmail is pretty robust experience, including threading and search capability.
• G1 represents first implementation of online presence inside the phonebook. No Skype capability at launch.

Click below and be at the launch of T-Mobil G1 :