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It would appear that even Iriver, a major media device OEM is getting in on some of that good Android action with there k2. Of course most of this is speculation so take it with a grain of salt (hmm we really should have poseted this as news how and ever) the features are said to include a 3.5-inch touchscreen, WiFi, built-in web browser, accelerometer, Bluetooth, a digital TV tuner and Google's Android OS and knowing Iriver it wount be any old stock android, im sure we shall see a custom interface running if this thing ever gets the go ahead. The artist reference below also includes a picture of an internet tablet although it is unknow if it will be running android (hey, its android who knows, right?). As cool as this could be i am (i think we all are here at RevLin, potential Platform for RevLin mobile? oh yeah RevLin mobile...hmm that hasnt been announced yet, ooops ,well watch this space for that) still shell shocked by the Zii EGG, so much so i am spending my hard earned cash on one so i can do a bit of development and weekly updates on what ive been up to with it! Sound great, i know i know! This influx of Android is healthy but my head tells me its all happening all too fast but we will see soon enough.

This was the teaser picture that was show at CES, Enjoy!

All i can say is PayPal be praised. I ordered a HTC G1 from a man on ebay. i was very exicted (overexcited  is more like it) to get this phone and start some developing. It came a week later but inside the G1 box there was a very cheap CECT knock off. Im feeling quite crestfallen just generally sad at the moment ( you should have seen my face when i won it! ) but i must move on and review what did come. Looks-wise it quite a kin to the HTC G1 but thats where it ends. The top of the phone has the title of G-Mobile. In the box there are 2 powerunits, a charger, headphones and a stylus. yup thats right the screen is resistive.... Once the phone is powered on you see the words T-mobile G1 and are greeted by what looks to be an android interface, dont be fooled however. Why someone would go to all the trouble of cloneing an OS that is already A free and B opensource is beyhond me! Maybe its not powerfull enough to run it. It does a very poor job of emulateing it. Yes it does have multile desktop screens but the you cant add widgets to them, also it has the single worst font i have ever seen (ever!).It has no wifi, no keyboard, no GPS, next to none of the features of the real G1. My review can not go much further than that as i only had the phone on for about a minute or so. i was so disappointed (i mean i reeeeaaalllly wanted that phone ) that i but everything back how i found it and contacted paypal. Now thanks to PayPal i could actually see my money again! i will do a video review once my emotions stabilize. Even writeing the review is bringing me down. How ever all the people over here at RevLin are behind me 100 percent and are ready to help! thanks guys!

Ubuntu, considered to be the face of linux (sorry linus, but people prefer its colour! or not.....) has made another alpha (alpha 3) release of the next itteration of the ubuntu operating system. Very rarely do i really care about the ubuntu alpha cycle and the lack of stability that comes  with it but this time around i was willing to give it a shot. First thing i noticed was the "new" boot screen which was more of the same (i have to say that they seriosuly need to use fedora's/redhat's plymouth before the next decade or i will cry) but what suprised me was the new login theme which i was also aquanted with from fedora 10/11, nicer animations but it was all still browish. (we get it mark shuttleworth! soil is brown! jeeze) past the login is where ubuntu really shines, automatic 3d effects (Powered by compiz for all you people who are like "this dude doesnt even know what compiz is!",stupid fanboys) ment my graphics card (radeon x1300, which is now legacy) was working pretty well. Another thing which i noticed was the little cloud with overlapped ubuntu symbol, icon in the notifcation area. It was the infamous Ubuntu one cloud storage service (infamous because although the front end may be opensource the Amazon server behind it isnt ). other than an updated popup system and a few updated applications  there wasnt much else. Some nice improvements and a step in the right direction, now all they need is a new colour scheme. One thing ubuntu has always had in spades is a great community (even though i was banned from there forums for linking someone to this site! if anyone gets the time can they give out to them for me? ), i can only hope RevLin gets such a warm respone and we gain as big and well formed a community once it is released.

It would appear that the apple Mac tablet, will be hitting a shelf near you as soon as september. The 10-13 inch tablet will be priced in between an iphone 3GS and a low end macbook. it is said to run apples mobile operating system while others say it will be running Snow leopard which is due for release around that time (also i think that the mobile system would be disasterious and would put me off, mobile OS's are for mobile devices and nothing else, ok not including android which i am using to write this, from the comfort of my netbook). This is a logical step for apple who have already stated that a netbook is not a viable option, it will fit like a warm fluffy sock into there current product structure and into my heart needless to say my ears pricked up  when they mentioned this one! what the specs of the device are anyones guess but my moneys on 1ghz dual core ARM chip with wifi, bluetooth and a gig (or two) of ram. Other suspected features are use as a book reader and something to do with all the majot music labes and itunes called Cocktail, all i know is i want one.

Enjoy this artist render and pray for angry snow cat with spots!!