Google is definitely having a full week; besides the bad news with GraphOn’s lawsuit, the company did have some very good ones coming its way as well: an update for the Google Android SDK has finally been released and HTC Dream, the first Google Android based handset to be commercialized in the U.S., has been approved by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

The FCC’s announcement with regard to the approval of the HTC DREA100 model’s sale inside the U.S. was made on Monday. This will be the first ever smartphone to use Google’s Android operating system; its launch is expected to be scheduled for either October or November.

Although it was announced that Google Android open-source software based phones would be made available in the second half of 2008, everyone was expecting them to appear sometime in the beginning of this time frame. At the end of June, The Wall Street Journal released a rather dissapointing piece of news and said the phones would arrive in the fourth quarter.

Rich Miner, Google’s group manager for mobile platforms, in a statement released in March, said Android-based mobile phones would definitely outsell Apple’s popular iPhone. Trying to get as much input as possible from developers, Google decided to award those who come up with new and useful applications; prizes offered within its Android Developers Challenge totaled no less than $10 million.

The Google Android SDK update brings several new features, including a music player, a messaging application, camera and alarm clock.