While October 22 is the day that T-Mobile will start handing out the Android phone, there have been a few spotted in the wild.

Google co-founder Larry Page flashed his Android phone briefly in a meeting two weeks ago with reporters, but others at the search engine outfit have been showing them off, too.

Stephen Shankland of News.com snapped Google employee surfing with his Android phone while waiting for his chief executive, Eric Schimdt, to talk about energy at a San Francisco speech last week.

Other staff members have been seen with them, too. Looks like if you know the right people you can get your paws on one.

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