The battle to dent the dominance of Apple’s iPhone will intensify next month. Orange and T-Mobile are expected to unveil exclusive deals to stock the latest touchscreen phones that use Google’s Android software to British gadget fans.

Orange is understood to have secured the exclusive rights to Motorola’s first Android mobile, which the US handset maker hopes will help revive its fortunes. T-Mobile, meanwhile, has secured the rights to sell the first Android device from China’s Huawei, which until now has been known primarily as a manufacturer of “dongles” that enable laptop computers to get mobile broadband services. Both phones will be available in the UK in time for Christmas.

To read this report in full in The Observer, see:
www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/aug/30/telecoms-apple