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Sep 16 2008 5:52pm EDT

Incoming: Google's Android Phone

Sam Gustin writes: Buzz is building over Google's forthcoming Android powered smart-phone, from T-Mobile.

Crunchgear says it's confirmed the phone will be formally announced on September 23rd, and then released for sale in mid-October.

Meanwhile, in London, Google showed off pictures of a phone that looked very much like HTC's Dream, but had the branding obscured.

Google's entry into the cell-phone space comes as attention is shifting toward the advertising potential of the mobile market.

 "We can make more money on mobile than we do on the desktop, eventually," Google chief executive Eric Schmidt told CNBC recently.

The Web titan is already the most-used search engine on mobile devices, according to a new study. And wireless giant Verizon is reportedly close to picking Google to be the default mobile search tool on its network.

The question for Google is whether is can make good on Schmidt's promise -- and turn your cellphone into a moneymaker.

Laura Rich is a co-founder of Recessionwire, which provides news, advice, perspective and humor about the recession and the recovery.

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