Talk of the gPhone (see what I did there?) has erupted into rumours once more that the OS is going to be linux based, to compete with the likes of Windows Mobile and Symbian. According to The Register article they are quoted, "according to latest reports" whatever that means. And this brings me neatly into the current state of news nowadays on technology & the real reason for this post..

It seems that the tiny flickering of reports relating to google/apple/microsoft or any of the other big players, results in an article to fill space.. It also seems as if The Register, and other technology news websites don’t have 2 dozen articles a day printed they feel they’re failing, even though they may not have any news to report.

Why do we need our eyes opened to the constant little pieces of news based on nothing whilst having no direction or relevance from these websites?? I personally make sure that all of the news I report isn’t snippets of info based on nothing, but rather bigger important things going on in the world of tech. And if there isn’t any news big enough, then I’ll post a general interest story or some humour – not try to create a story from news that doesn’t exist. Surely the real news is when we can say "The GPhone will use linux that is based on the Ubuntu distro." and be sure that the words "Gphone", "linux" & "ubuntu" are all correct and relevant. And this will only happen when the product is previewed properly so we can report on how the device will work – and not by creating articles regurgitating old news with a spin. [SHOW ME]

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