Judging by everybody’s anticipation for T-Mobile’s Android-powered G1, it really shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone that its spokesperson is reporting that it’s nearly tripled the number of phones that were initially available for delivery on its Oct 22nd launch date, and they’ve all been sold. A recent leaked report mentioned that T-Mobile is planning to sell up to 500,000 of the phones this quarter, and might even order up to 2 million of said devices from HTC. So after iPhone-mania, will we be having G1-mania?

We just can’t wait to get our hands on T-Mobile’s G1, and if you’re like us and want to try out the phone as soon as possible, T-Mobile has done everybody a big favor but putting up a (surprisingly functional) emulator, which will let you play with the phone online before you can physically get your hands on it. It’s not the real deal, but it’s probably the closest thing to the real thing at the moment.

Steve Ballmer doesn’t look or sound too worried about Google’s Android platform, as he’s claiming that it won’t be attractive to other handset manufacturers because it’s “version one…and it looks like version one.” He has already boasted that “they’ve got one handset maker, we’ve got 55. They’re available through one operator, we’ve got 175”. While his statistics might be correct, he probably forgot that HTC isn’t exactly a small player in the handset market, nor is T-Mobile. Not to mention that other manufacturers are gearing up to get on the Android bandwagon too.

While the official word has been that T-Mobile’s G1 will only support up to 8GB on a microSDHC card, and will only support a 16GB card after a firmware upgrade, apparently a Google spokesperson has confirmed that the new SanDisk 16GB card will run on the current version of Android without the need of a firmware upgrade, which will be good news for users who aren’t fond of flashing the firmware on their phones.

Sure, you got some rather blurry shots of T-Mobile’s G1 being unboxed a few days ago, but this time, TmoNews has come up more pictures of the G1 being unboxed, with greater clarity, and more details! The phone also looks like it will come with a pouch, though from the pictures, the pouch doesn’t look like it does a good job of holding the phone.

As we all already know, Google’s Android Marketplace will only be launching with free apps, so that probably isn’t good news for developers who are looking to sell their applications like in Apple’s AppStore. As Handango already has an online store for probably every mobile platform, it makes sense that, according to Gizmodo, its planning to come up with its own version of the Android Marketplace, and its already got about 100 apps ready to be bought for use on T-Mobile’s Android-powered G1.

Best Buy looks like it’ll be getting some rather interesting phones over the next few weeks. Most noticeably should be the arrival of T-Mobile’s G1, and T-Mobile’s BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 (in red). Both should be arriving in the store on Oct 26th, but will only be released for sale on November 16th. Other arrivals include Palm’s Treo Pro on October 28th and Sony Ericsson’s C902 which should have arrived on September 28th.

With the official launch date of T-Mobile’s G1 less than 30 days away, it’s only normal that leaked pictures of the phone and unboxing pictures appear. So until October 22nd, here’s what you’ll (most likely) be getting when your G1 arrives at your doorstep.

LG and Samsung have both confirmed that they will be releasing Android handsets, though if you plan on waiting for it, you’ll have to wait until Q3 of 2009, which is rather far off. Maybe they’re just waiting to see the consumer response to T-Mobile’s G1 first.

While you won’t be able to get your hands on T-Mobile’s G1 just yet, nobody is going to stop you from staring at the box. Until the phone officially starts shipping, it looks like you’ll just have to make yourself happy with pictures plucked from various sources on the Internet. You have to admit that the box does look pretty though.

There are reports that Taiwan’s Chunghwa Telecom will be importing the iPhone and a GPhone. This sure sounds a little dodgy, and after adding in the fact that there is no official announcement by Chunghwa Telecom, you’ll probably just want to pass this off as a rumor for the moment. Also, when they mention GPhone, do they mean T-Mobile’s Android-powered G1? This will be labeled “rumor” until something official surfaces.

If you’ve managed to pre-order your T-Mobile G1 during the past few days, you should count yourself lucky. Apparently a lot of people are running into an error message when trying to pre-order their G1 from T-Mobile’s site, citing overwhelming demand. While some people are reporting that they can’t place a pre-order, some have no such problems. If you’ve been waiting to get your G1 for some time now, now would be the time to give it a try. Drop a comment if you encounter similar problems.