Andy Rubin's new smartphone: What we know so far

When you're an Android cofounder, you can probably safely check "create something that has a big impact on the tech sector" off your bucket list.

But it seems that Andy Rubin is not done yet. The Android vet has started a new company, and that company is getting ready to introduce its first new product -- a smartphone that Rubin teased on Twitter. So what do we know about the smartphone, and the company?

In IT Blogwatch, we search for clues. 

So what is going on? Chris Mills shares some background:

Andy Rubin, one of the co-founders of Android and a man who will never...buy a drink in a bar full of developers, is working on something new. His company Essential is known to be working on a premium new smartphone...and in a photo published to Twitter today, we got our first look at the device.

Great, can we see the image? Andy Rubin is happy to comply:

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