Our Android liveblog is just revving its engines, but it looks like a few shots of the T-Mobile G1, the first Android phone, have leaked a little early on Boy Genius Report. The pictures reveal, not only some fundamentals behind the OS, but small details like MyFaves support and the slew of Google Apps we all pretty much expected to see:

Somehow I’ve been immune to the excitement of Android for months, but now that the unveiling of its first phone is getting so close…I mean, it’s a freaking Google OS we’re talking about here. [BGR]

Source:Leaked Shots of Android on T-Mobile G1? [Unconfirmed]

Hello there, I’m in Tokyo for a few weeks. The remnants of the summer heat linger like a mosquito; even as it rains you can feel. My first morning here, a 4.8 earthquake rumbled through the city. Judging from the poise Lisa’s family displayed, Japan’s citizens are far better at responding to earthquakes than even Californians. Part of that comes from the common frequency of quakes in the region, but I’d also like to give credit to the good old Earthquake simulation truck, pictured in the video above. Advanced technology, indeed.

Source:Notes: Greetings From Japan, Land of Earthquake Education Trucks [Retromodo]

Filed under: Handhelds

It looks like those still hanging onto a slightly aging Palm OS device now have a new option that’ll let ‘em breath a bit of new life into it, as one Dmitry Grinberg has released a driver that adds SDHC card support to a whole host of the devices. That includes the Tungsten T, C, E2, and T5, the LifeDrive, the Palm TX, and the Zire 31 and 72 — support for other devices, including the Tungsten T3 and, yes, even the Tapwave Zodiac, is also promised. That boost in storage doesn’t come free, however, but we’re guessing there’s at least a few Palm loyalists out there that’ll gladly accept the $21 price tag to get a taste of what 32GB of storage is like.

[Via TamsPalm]

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Source:SDHC driver released for Palm OS devices