A with our cell phones, in the future we may buy a service plan and get the computer for “free”. Carriers might even have app stores for their devices.

The Financial Times has joined the game and predicts a September release for Apple’s oversized iPod Touch. It’s expected to have a 10-inch screen but no cell connection.

Amazon’s deletion of George Orwell’s “1984” from Kindle devices has sparked outrage from several fronts. Of worry to some is the threat of “banned” books being removed from devices by court order.

The new Blackberry 8520 smartphone, coming next month, will include native Apple support. New features include a touch-sensitive optical trackpad.

While not quite free, it might seem pretty close. AT&T is selling refurbished iPhones for half the price of a new phone, with the purchase of a two-year contract, while supplies last.

Regulators in Washington are starting to look at exclusive device-to-carrier deals as being anti-competitive. Verizon is attempting to prevent a crackdown by offering tidbits to some small competitors.

While Apple claims the encryption provided on the iPhone is good enough for many Fortune 100 companies, Jonathan Zdziarski, an iPhone developer and hacker, says it only takes about two minutes to crack.

An update delivered to the Palm Pre once again allows you to sync iTunes to your Pre. It also updates support for Facebook, Google, Exchange Active Sync, and more.

Speaking at the O’Reilly OSCON (Open Source Convention), Dirk Hohndel, Intel chief open source technologist, cited Linux as key to the current netbook market.

Adobe is working on a fix for a previously unknown vulnerability in an Adobe Flash multi-media component that can be exploited by a malicious PDF file.