Wow, it appears a $100 dollar phone by Google will be launched in both Europe and the US in a two week period, support GPS and internet and have VOIP chat so you can make free phone calls!   Click here.Soooo.... Given the mobile phone industry gets by on handset subsidies, trailing commissions and timed calls - one finds it hard to believe that Google can worldwide negotiate: A very functional, but incredibly cheap handset which includes a feature that ...

Well, this is a little moot for me, especially given the fact that I'm not in the US and can't buy this stuff anyway - (But when has not being involved stopped me from commenting on something in the past?) NBC Universal has apparently insisted on a price doubling to Apple and in return Apple has pulled their content from the iTunes store.    This article sums up my feeling on the matter