Although T-Mobile only launched the Google Android G1 phone a little over a month ago on October 30, they’ve already started slashing prices to move them. Initially customers in the UK had to sign a £40 monthly contract in order to get the phone for free. Now new customers can get a free phone for a £30 tariff.

It sucks to be an early adopter.

Industry insiders say the price cut was necessary to help "overcome fierce competition from other high-end devices." T-Mobile denies the claim.

A T-Mobile spokesperson said:

"We have chosen to offer the device free with a £30 contract to make the pricing more competitive in light of recent device launches. We are well on track to achieve our sales forecasts."

Price cuts are always a good thing, as long as the quality of service doesn’t decline along with the price.

The G1 generally gets good reviews but one of the things reviewers note, across the board, is the absence of multi-touch support. A coder named Ryan Gardner has solved that problem. He authored an app that proves the G1 hardware will support the ability to use two fingers at once.

See for yourself in the video below. Gardner promises to post the app as soon as he finishes tidying up the code. Now the question remains, why wasn’t it already implemented by the original G1 software coders? Curious. Curious indeed.

Today, Saturday November 15, is T-Mobile’s annual Customer Delight Day. Drop by your local T-Mobile store to score some freebies. If you stop by you’ll instantly receive 100 bonus minutes and if you bring an enlisted friend you’ll net an extra 200 minutes. If you refer a customer to T-Mobile tomorrow, you’ll receive a $25 dollar credit on your next bill. Also, anyone who subcsribes to T-Mobile@Home tomorrow will receive their first month for free. Only one offer available per phone line, however. Stop in and sign in to get your free minutes.

Reports are coming in that Android has shipped with a rather peculiar bug: The OS interprets every word as a command, and if you open up the keyboard and type r-e-b-o-o-t the G1 will do just that.

It will activate with other commands as well, so best avoid combinations of rm and rf. The bug affects any G1 with firmware version 1.0 TC4-RC29 or earlier. If you’ve already downloaded the RC30 update, then you are good.

T-Mobile has announced a line of digital picture frames, called Cameo. These Parrot-sourced frames feature integrated GSM hardware and a dedicated phone number users can send pictures to from afar via MMS or email. The frame will cost $99.99 with a $9.99 monthly charge to keep the frame’s line active for incoming photos. The company has yet to reveal a launch date for the item.