Electronics retailer Best Buy (which, until Wal-Mart lurched into the game just after the holidays, used to be the only third party retailer offering iPhones) has announced that it is now offering refurbished iPhone 3G units on sale in its store nationwide. A refurbished 8 GB model goes for $149, while a refurbished 16 GB model goes for $249. Both prices represent a $50 discount of the iPhone’s normal retail pricing.

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Refurbed iPhones at Best Buy for $50 Off

They’re calling it the Curse of Silence, an exploit for the Nokia N60 that can prevent the handset from sending or receiving text messages, and it’s been made public by F-Secure. Although the texting capabilities of the handset can be halted, all the phone’s other functions remain intact. The exploit was made public on Monday at the Chaos Communication Congress, according to InformationWeek.

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The Curse Of Silence For Nokia Sets

There’s no such thing as an iPhone Nano, but if you believe the guys that make silicon sleeves and cases for every Apple product under the sun, they’re on the way.  Two manufacturers of cases have so far added “iPhone Nano” pages to their pages, despite the apparent lack of a phone to fit them on just yet.
Chinese manufacturer XSKN added its category just prior to Christmas, and while details from the site are nonexistent, it does have a successful track record of adding cases for Apple items that haven’t come out yet. According to

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Cases for the iPhone Nano, Before it Exists

Google’s utopian-style Android Market, where everything is currently free, is about to get an infusion of capitalism. According to a new e-mail sent to Android developers, the marketplace will begin its march toward maturity (and profits for developers) in early 2009.
According to Android platform manager Eric Chu, Google hopes to begin rolling out payment systems to support paid Android applications within the first quarter of the year. The paid marketplace will first be available in the United States and UK, followed by Germany, Austria and Nethe

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Paid Android Apps Coming in 2009

A new report from Unstrung’s paid research service Unstrung Insider finds that smartphones need stronger malware protection as companies and consumers increasingly rely on the devices to manage their businesses and everyday lives. And the report expects mobile carriers will begin offering mobile malware protection services during the next year as a way to differentiate themselves from the competition.

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Report: Smartphones Need Malware Protection

LG’s new GD910 wrist phone may be far from the first watchband-mounted cell phone, but it will still be the world’s fastest. The Korean electronics manufacturer announced its long-rumored wrist phone on Monday, which will be the first to make use of 7.2Mbps HSDPA wireless Internet.
Besides the phone’s unusual form factor and high-speed connectivity, it will also play host to a host of other features,

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LG Debuts First 3G Wrist Phone

While rumors of a so-called $99 iPhone were quashed this weekend when Wal-Mart officially began offering the phones for a mere $2 below MSRP, there’s hope for bargain hunters yet. In a surprise move, AT&T began offering refurbished iPhone models the same day, for a much more significant price cut of $100, placing the cheapest models at only $99.

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AT&T Offers Refurbished iPhones for $99

Mega-retailer Wal-Mart has confirmed the rumors: as of Sunday, December 28, the company will be selling Apple’s iPhone 3G…although the retailer hasn’t been able to finagle a substantially discounted price on the handsets. Wal-Mart plans to offer the black 8 GB edition of the iPhone 3G for $197 and the 16 GB edition (in black or white) for $297, with each price representing a mere $2 discount over retail prices from Apple, AT&T, and (the only other retailer currently offering the iPhone) Best Buy. Best Buy is currently disc

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Wal-Mart to Offer iPhones December 28

The New York Times has reported that this Christmas, as a means of cutting back, Google has foregone that $1,000 an employee cash bonus and has opted instead to give its more than 20,000 employees worldwide unlocked Dream phones. The cell phone gift was first mentioned in the Valleywag blog.

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Google Gives Dream Bonus

Last Saturday a Continental Airlines Boeing 737 ran off the runway at Denver International Airport into a ravine. The resulting fire destroyed the right side of the plane, and 58 were injured, although none killed.

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Plane Crash Twitters