This week, there will be less talk of Apple’s iPhone, and more talk of Google’s Android debut, HTC Dream, which according to most speculations, is far from being just another failed iPhone cloning attempt.

HTC Dream, although we clearly lack the details, promises to be the true iPhone challenger that everyone’s been waiting for, sort of like the miracle needed to light up the competition (although there’s been no buzz like the iPhone buzz…until now).

On September 23, we expect to see a powerful combination of Google ideas, T-Mobile offers and HTC technology to revamp competition on smartphone market, and give customers more options.

After taking a look at some leaked images of what appears to be HTC Dream, it may look a bit rough, not as thin or sleek as the iPhone, but probably with much more functionality and flexibility, and if we think about it, a phone needs much more than just looks to appeal to users these days.

Google has come up with a set of ideas meant to get Apple into trouble, if we think of the support they promised for free applications. As we all know, Apple’s been marketing its App Store together with the iPhone 3G, but there’s been a lot of controversy on the apps they allow on the App Stores, and the prices of some of them (how can we forget about the $1,000 app “I Am Rich”…).

The Android devices are expected to become available for purchase in October, for approximately $200 (Google promised more details are on the way).