Google, Inc. officially announced Monday plans of next year's release of the highly anticipated open-source mobile platform after months of Google Phone rumors and mania. Taylor gives more detail on her post earlier today. Below is the brief version as well as another exciting Google announcement.

For a while now, it has been rumored among news outlets, bloggers, and our very own Bryan Stoner, that Google would soon announce its very own equivalent to the iPhone, the gPhone. One blog article earlier this morning, even stated that Google would partner with Sprint for the carrier service just as Apple did with AT&T. Since I am a current Sprint customer, this was the highlight of my morning.