The Mobile Wars- Game on

What a fun day for anyone who happens to be excited by any and all things mobile.

First off, we had AOL put an entrance into the market. Although it isn't a phone, per se.... it is AOL attempting to get into the game with a mobile platform.

Speaking of things that aren't phones... We had our first true look at Android. Based on the initial video, I have to say... it looks pretty cool, and I can't wait to see more. Android has the potential to be the one thing that actually manages to keep an iPhone out of my hands, assuming that Google apps are integrated to the highest level of functionality.

Finally, Microsoft has decided to get into the consumer phone market, making a purchase that puts Apple and the Jesus-phone right into their sites (BTW: think it's a coincidence that this was announced on the same day the gPhone made it's debut)?

Owen Thomas said it best ...the ad libs are better than anything we could have written. Of course, Owen is referring to the MicroHoo deal that supposedly isn't to be. You know the deal, where Yahoo's mobile apps might end up being a key piece of the likely forthcoming ZunePhone (in the spirit of current naming conventions: I am calling it the my!Phone from here on out... with the simple irony being that under NO circumstance will it ever actually be a phone I own).

It should be a very exciting next few months, as the repercussions of today's excitement start to take shape.