Google's G1 phone

Google has just introduced the T-Mobile G1, "the first android powered phone" which is focused on providing Google applications through your phone. 

"Android?" you might be thinking to yourself.  "What type of high fa looting monkey business has Google gone and gotten itself into this time?"

Well, "android" is actually the name of the open source platform on which the different applications for the phone are built.  Applications is a fancy name for 'program' for those of you who I have totally lost by now.

There's a pretty fancy video on the T-Mobile site about the G1 that explains more about what it does.  There are application demos for the different apps available to put on the G1 phone, like one-touch Google search, Google street-level maps, shopping apps, and a lot more. 

Don't have the G1 and don't plan to, but still like Google stuff?  Check out the Google Mobile page, with links to access, read about, and download various Google apps depending on what type of phone you have.  I have Windows Mobile on mine (purchased solely so I could synch up my calendar at work, ok guys, so put away the pitchforks).  I've already got Google Maps on my phone but am now considering several other apps, including Google Docs and iGoogle specifically built for a mobile device