Mr. Jobs, Google's On Line One

Oh my. Oh my, oh my, oh my. Apple's iPhone finally has some serious competition. Google, a company that knows a thing or two about technology, is teaming with T-Mobile to deliver the highly anticipated "G-Phone" next month.

This is huge, and the blogosphere knows it. Not only did searches for "g-phone," "google phone," and "google phone price" skyrocket, a zillion speculative articles hit the Buzz faster than you can say "I'm feeling lucky."

Mashable writes that while the G1 phone isn't pretty, "the software and strategy shows enormous vision." TrendHunter features a slew of "leaked" photos of the phone. Gearlog explains what folks mean when they call the doohickey an "android phone" and the Silicon Alley Insider breaks down just how amazon.com figures into all this. And, finally, for all those wondering what it costs—multiple sources report that the precious, precious communication device will run you $179 (plus a two year contract with T-Mobile).

And what of T-Mobile? Nobody seems too excited that the Discover Card of cell phone carriers has exclusive rights to the gizmo. Searches on the T-Mobile hardly moved. Still, you can expect that to change dramatically as the phone's October 22 release date draws closer.