Google produced a little video showing off their new Android platform and what it can do.

I have to say it looks more impressive than my former Windows Mobile 5 device and smoother than the iPhone program transitions that I have seen on units that my friends own. Of course, this demo unit is probably a very high end piece of electronics, but still, it makes it look promising to hold out for this open source OS to hit mobile and make it all a little cleaner and “not evil” as is the Google way.

Considering the device is open source, the flexibility is bound to be endless, and I can’t wait to see what it will offer in order to take down the iPhone dominance since the iPhone hasn’t really opened up to third-party apps just yet.  Plus, the unit they demo plays Quake–nothing revolutionary to the smartphone market but a promising touch that maybe Google will pay some attention to making handheld gaming a more stable industry with Android.

Is it just me, or does that visual history in the Web browser remind you a lot of the iPhone/iTunes album view?

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Amazon is putting together a mountain of deals for their Black Friday sale. You can see all of them here.

Amazon runs a vote to see which deal it’s customers would prefer for Black Friday, and an incredible deal on Wiis is among the possible options right now. If the deal is voted as the best, you will be able to snag a Wii for just $79 on Black Friday!

• 1,000 Nintendo Wii Game Systems (see prices on Customers Vote page)
• 500 Panasonic 7.5MP Digital SLR Cameras, $499 (*normally $1,149.95)
• 1,000 Razor E100 Electric Scooters for $29 (*normally $89.99)
• 500 TiVo HD Digital Video Recorders, $89 (*normally $253.48)
• 500 Magellan Maestro 3140 Portable Auto GPS Systems, $99 (*normally $247.00)
• 200 Samsung 46” 1080p LCD HDTVs, $719 (*normally $1,899.98)

Supposedly, they will have 1000 Wiis on Black Friday to sell along with a nice chunk of stock in TiVo boxes ($89) and Samsung HDTVs ($719).

Check out the voting here and cast your vote to catch a Wii at a bargain price–or the electronic item of your choice on the list.

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The Wall Street Journal jumped in on the gPhone rumors and has stated that Google might take on becoming a mobile carrier by making a bid on the wireless spectrum–on their own.

The company is gearing up to make a serious run at buying wireless spectrum, a chunk of the airwaves that can be used to provide mobile phone and Internet services, in a Federal Communications Commission auction in January. Google is prepared to bid on its own without any partners, say people familiar with the matter. It is working out a plan to finance its bid, which could run $4.6 billion or higher, that would rely on its own cash and possibly some borrowed money.

Google has already been experimenting with creating their own mobile carrier service at their headquarters and could jump out big with a nice network if they are successful in this move.

With the Android initiative on the way, Google could be making a move to easily steal customers from other carriers by making it cost-effective and simply to swap service plans over to Google without even having to change your phone or software.

I would welcome a Google phone simply because they could open up a more competitive environment for the smartphone market by integrating many of their apps and services cleanly into a mobile interface.

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 I stumbled across this post by Mark Fletcher about his passion for the IBM keyboard of old.  Although I can’t find the same obsession myself, I am very particular about keyboards that I use.  Right now, I have a Logitech MX 5000 Bluetooth with the laser mouse.  It was nice when I got it, but lately, I have found myself lusting after something like the diNovo Edge with those soft laptop-like keys.  I think something like that might be more nice to my hands–I tend to type very hard and fast.  I’m  a go-getter like that.  My Logitech desktop hasn’t been working the greatest with Vista as of late, but maybe I can learn to love it again.  My passion for laptop-like keyboards is probably just because I was on my laptop for the last 2 weeks waiting for some bad RAM to be replaced on the ol’ desktop.

Unfortunately, I can’t possibly justify in my head buying such a keyboard for that much.

It makes me think though. I have the same obsession with certain kinds of pens.  I like the heavy liquid ink flow types–keep your ballpoints away.  I wonder if it is all part of the same trend.

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One of the things I really want to see happen in the near future would be some kind of program platform to integrate with Gmail and all the Google applications. Right now, I have to place my info in Outlook on my desktop so I can sync with my MDA even though my email, main calendar and to do lists are all hosted through Google online.

Prism might be the first look at what a Gmail application could be, but I wish there was something that played nicer with Windows and could give me all the desktop integration I need from Google. Fingers crossed.

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Will Wright has already called Wii the only truly innovative system out of all the current platforms, and now he has chosen to reward it by bringing Spore–the always in development life-cycle title from Wright–to the Wii and only the Wii, besides PC that is.

In a recent interview with UK’s Guardian Unlimited, Will Wright has finally confirmed that a version of Spore is being developed for the Wii. And despite the different controls, Wright seems to like working on the platform.

Sounds like a cool addition to the Wii game library. My own Wii feels lonley and dejected lately since I haven’t turned it on since the shine of Wii Sports wore off. Tragic.

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IPTV is one of the cooler features I would like to see on my Xbox 360. I have already goofed around with linking it up with my Vista PC to share as a media center. (I even installed Vista just to make it happen.) But IPTV would really make it a cool feature since there might be a chance for shows that I miss on broadcast television to be replayed and picked up on my IPTV.

You see, I am one of the few people who doesn’t have the holy DVR or Tivo box sitting in my media center. Too expensive for us single go-gettter types. IPTV would be great.

Now if we can just get past the rumors and the speculation to a final release date, that would be sweet, Microsoft.

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