The T-Mobile G1 mobile phone arrived today, armed with Google's brand new open source Android platform--the web giant's first foray into cellular technology.

GalleyCat just wants to know: How can we read books on a Google-powered phone? Early reviews noted that the phone, "out of the box," is limited--no word processor or video player, according to Popular Mechanics. Nevertheless, Android's applications market is open for business. Hopefully, an e-reader will materialize in the platform's playground for developers.

In the meantime, that same review spotted a nifty function that might help book lovers everywhere:

"Barcode Scanner allows you to 'scan' a book's barcode using the phone's camera, then brings up its Amazon page or a nearby retail location on Google Maps. We tried it on a few review books we have lying around (including some that aren't out yet), and it worked every time."