Android Computer & Home Phone

T-Mobile is creating an android-powered tablet pc computer and home phone. The phones should be available early next year as reported by MarketingVox. I think it looks interesting but can't make any predictions until we get some more official announcements about pricing, size, memory, and other specs.

Discovery sues Amazon over Kindle

Media company Discovery Communications filed a lawsuit against Amazon.com on Tuesday, accusing the online retailer's Kindle of infringing its patent on electronic book technology, writes Reuters.

The lawsuit claims that both Amazon's Kindle versions have infringed one or more of the claims on a patent that Discovery founder John Hendricks received in November 2007.

The patent deals with encryption technology for the distribution of digital books. Discovery founder John S. Hendricks claims he invented a secure, encrypted system for the selection, transmission, and sale of electronic books.

Walmart to Sell iPhones

Wal-Mart plans to offer the iPhone 3G in select stores three days after Christmas, according to Boy Genius Report.

An internal document, sent to sales associates to prepare them for execution on Dec. 28th, confirmed the rumor.

About 2,500 Wal-Mart locations will carry the iPhone 3G, and 69 Sam's Club locations — subsidiaries of Wal-Mart — will offer the iPhone on the 28th. (Sam's Club kiosks in the larger stores will not sell the handset because they use Radio Shack's ordering system.) Pricing has yet to be announced.

Though Steve Jobs has emphasized the importance of competitive pricing, it would be "hard to imagine" Apple giving a significant discount for Wal-Mart customers, CNET writes. And considering the timing of the deal, Apple is unlikely to reveal its post-Christmas price point to avoid slowing handset sales during the prime shopping season.

The move is counterintuitive for the retailer, which profits exceptionally from pre-holiday shopping. However, it isn't the first such action Wal-Mart has made so far this season. Last week Wal-Mart sent legal notices to Black Friday websites, demanding that they remove leaked Wal-Mart offers for the day after Thanksgiving. Last year the retailer enjoyed significant sales from discounts disseminated across such sites.

Google Opens up Mobile Search

Google is opening up their mobile search for use by anyone. The Google mobile homepage will allow widgets to be added so users can customize and personalize their content. Plus, you will be able to remember past search locations so that future search results will be more relevant.

What will be cool is that you can search for movie times from your mobile device, and then buy tickets from your cell phone/PDA or whatever you're using. Pretty cool. Can't wait to see it working smoothly.

Big Oops with the New Apple iPhone

Well -- I love Apple, but they are not infallible. There was a big oops this past week. Millions of the new Apple iPhone had been shipped and had to be recalled. With all of the extra features on the phone -- something had been left off -- something important -- they left off the actual phone! Oops! The iPhone had not been delivered to customers yet, so it was good they caught it early -- but a few people had received the phone through contests and promotions. That's kind of embarrassing!