The Google Phone is going to be announced on Monday, November 5th, according to a story in the Wall Street Journal - read the story in Gizmodo tonight.

"…According to the Wall Street Journal, Google will be announcing its phone plans on Monday, hopefully putting a stop to the endless rumors floating out there regarding the GPhone. The announcement is expected to reveal a series of alliances with multiple handset makers and cellphone operators that are open to the idea of pushing Google phone applications. WSJ notes that the timing of the announcement could always change, but at this point Monday is looking good. [WSJ]"

To me, GPhone Monday is much like the OpenSocial announcement in that Google is leveraging the power of open standards according to the WSJ Article:

"…The U.S. carriers likely to be part of the announcement are T-Mobile and Sprint, according to our sources, but there could be others by the time Google says its piece. While Sprint appears to be agreeing to work with Google to put the Web giant’s new Linux-based open operating system into phones, T-Mobile will probably go even further: the company has worked with Google for months on plans to build Google-powered phones with a variety of Google software and applications. As far as handset partners for Google, Taiwan’s HTC is a likely bet, our sources say. Samsung, LG, and SonyEricsson are also possible, but we’ll wait and see the full roster. Equally interesting will be who isn’t on the list. "

Don’t expect to see any devices soon – the middle of next year is the earliest Google-powered phones could come to market."

OK, middle of next year for Gphone, middle of next year for the full impact of OpenSocial, and Google, meanwhile, bidding on the 700MHZ spectrum - there's a large strategy that's falling into place - that of Social Networks that are based on mobile devices and that, in the end, Google will dominate.

But that's just my mashup of the information that's coming in really quickly now.