Google Phone announcement coming September 23rd!

According to the New York Times Bits Blog, Google and T-Mobile are planning to unveil the first phone for the Google Android platform on September 23rd (Dear blogosphere: mark your calendars, prep your blogs, get ready to rant) which is being built by HTC (who?) rumored to be called "Dream" according to Wikipedia (whatever that means). Given the fervor and grandness associated with Steve Jobs' events this will undoubtedly be an underwhelming affair. But all press and blog coverage aside, it could be pretty cool since the very idea of the Open Handset Alliance is very cool and (hopefully) there should be a few features that illustrate what this concept is capable of. Given the number of cool iPhone apps that integrate with Google Maps alone, there is no excuse for Google to not a have a few game changers up its sleeve (i.e. apps that integrate with Earth, Sketchup, Analytics, AdSense, etc.)