T-Mobile and HTC partner to provide the first phone based on Google's Android platform

The New York Times has some juicy info for us; T-Mobile will be the first American provider to sell phones based on Google's Android OS.

The phones are being designed and manufactured by HTC. T-Mobile expects to have Android-based phones available as soon as October, to make a move on the holiday shopping season.

For someone like me, who is taking a wait-n-see approach to a future smartphone purchase, this news is simultaneously disconcerting and exciting. I've been waffling between an iPhone and the Blackberry Bold for a couple of months now. Of course after this announcement, I'm going to have to see what Android is all about.

Choices, choices, choices!