Google Australia is unable to specify a local launch date for mobile phones with the Android operating system.
Android is free to manufacturers, and about 30 are working on handsets that will incorporate it.
A Taiwanese-made handset with Android was unveiled in New York yesterday, but is unlikely to reach Australia before Christmas.
Australians hoping to surf the web on mobile phones powered with Google's Android operating system could face a lengthy wait despite the heavily hyped launch of the technology yesterday.
But US and UK consumers will get their hands on the first handset that runs on Android by the end of the year as Google works to extend its reach in the nascent mobile advertising market.
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