Most of the buzz is the smartphone market has centered around the BlackBerry and Apple's iPhone. Still, at least one report suggests Google could capture about 4 percent of the U.S, wireless market during the first year with the new device. The phone is expected to include a touchscreen and slide-out keyboard and retail for about $199, the same price as the (recently reduced) iPhone.

I've been waiting for some manufacturer to come out with a smart device that offers wireless access and an interface like the iPhone and iTouch do, along with an expandable memory option, which would really light a fire under application developers who suddenly would be freed from Apple's closed (from a storage perspective, at least) universe. Meanwhile, how about a service provider actually putting some investment into a national mobile wireless network that can hand off a call for more than 90 seconds without dropping it? That would be the real breakthrough. The new smartphones are great, but the infrastructure supporting them stinks. Maybe Google and T-Mobile can change that, but given the current limitations of T-Mobile USA's existing national network, don't hold your breadth.