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T-Mobile has revealed the G1 - the first mobile telephone using Google’s Android software. The G1 is the first device seen runnning Android and features a touch screen in addition to a Qwerty keyboard. Unlik the iPhone, the T-Mobile G1 will be available for free on T-Mobile tariffs of over £40 a month in the UK and includes unlimited net browsing. Other features include a 3MP camera, a ‘one click’ contextual search and a chrome based web browser that users can zoom in on by tapping the screen.

Earlier this week, American Airlines began offering in-flight WiFi on domestic flights in the US - for a fee of course. Now we’ll all have to do work instead of catching 40 winks or checking out the latest box-office releases… Bummer…. The good news though, is that AA banned all VOIP services, meaning the sales guy sat next to you, you know the one, he ordered a vodka tonic (and then pulled out a hip flask to keep himself going) and spent the last seconds before they closed the door yelling at his poor associate…

Esquire magazine is leading the new digital revolution. Another digital revolution, not the 1985 one using Mac’s, or the 1994 one using the web, but an altogether better, uh, revolution. This latest revolution using E-In - the stuff that Powers the Kindle and similar to Sony’s Ebook reader (if not the same) means print magazines can finally jump 100 years ahead of where they were and display digital text on their pages. Although this version is a bit ropey - even the publisher is calling it 1.0 technology (I’d call it 0.5), it could lead the way to a true revolution - meaning the entire magazine is no longer printed on ink/paper but produced using a flexible screen. When that day comes, I’ll be the happiest guy in the media world.

Having been a Netflix subscriber for a couple or 3 years, I was pretty pleased when they started the “watch now” streaming service. It’s pretty good when you’re on the road, but not so good watching at home on a laptop… That changed with the launch of the Roku Netflix player. Before I go any further, stop what you are doing, ie, reading this blog, and click here to go buy one.

Steve Jobs introduced the all new singing and dancing iPhone 3G today for the staggeringly low price of $199. Damn, thats $400 cheaper than I, along with millions of other early adopters paid almost 12 months ago. I’ve got nothing against the price, but I may hold back on Apple products going forward… Here’s the tech-specs of the new iPhone 3G: 3G Hi-Speed internet access, WiFi and GPS…