Yup. Android powered phones are on their way to a T-Mobile network near you. Will they have shell access? I doubt it. If I understand correctly, they'll be able to run java apps, so I bet someone could write a shell application for it.
How much freedom will Android phones have? I've heard rumblings in the developer community about Google not being totally open about the underlying operating system. Time will tell, and anyway, anything is an improvement, considering the iron grip that mobile phone carriers currently have on their customers' handsets. Ugh!
