iRiver Vanilla smartphone and Vanilla Tab Android tablet spotted

iRiver appears to be readying the Android flavoured Vanilla smartphone and (imaginatively named) Vanilla Tab. Or if you prefer alpha-numeric model numbers, they’re the I-L1 and ILT-MX100, respectively. Hardly the most riveting names. Those eagle-eyed folks over at Cetizen spotted the pair on their web travels, lifting the lid on iRiver’s gadget plans in the process. Although it appears iRiver missed the memo about Android Gingerbread, with both packing 2.2 Froyo.

The Vanilla Tab has its eyes on the 7-inch tablet market – so Dell’s Streak 7 and the Blackberry PlayBook should watch their backs (well, not really). Its spec sheet isn’t going to blow your mind – Flash, GPS, a 1GHz Hummingbird processor (no dual-core?), 5MP camera and up to 32GB of expandable storage. Throw in the tablet holy trinity – 3G, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi – and it’s clear the Korean company’s efforts aren’t exactly iPad-baiting. And we’re starting to understand the thinking behind the name.

Its smaller stablemate, the Vanilla, sports a 3.5-inch WVGA LCD screen, with a 600MHz or 800MHz processor running the show, which we don’t have to tell you, is slow by today’s standards. Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth and 4GB of storage come as standard.

While Google looks set to welcome two new members into the Android clan, we doubt they’re going to set the tech world alight. Information is currently devoid of pricing and release dates, or whether they’re even going make it over to the UK, but we’ll be keeping our ears to the ground for more news.

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Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

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