2010 is going to be a HUGE year for eBooks and e-Readers. Lots of new technology is going to ship and competition is keeping everyone on their toes. I still say Amazon has the inside track due to their powerful online store and brand name. The wild card is, of course, Apple who is yet to release their tablet machine. Apple, due to the nature of what they are capable of, could change the game completely.

The flexible displays like the Skiff have been in development for years and it's exciting to see the first generation finally come to market. It's a good time to be a geek.

Here is something I would have expected Microsoft to do. It's also the most interesting thing Yahoo has done in years.

I'm not sure I like the name Smartbook but I love the concept. Apple will no doubt stake out the high end, which leaves lots of room at the lower end. In general, it's going to be a very hot year for tablets with yet another possible tablet from Google.

If you have not been a believer in mobile wireless computing, time to wake up and smell the coffee. It's an exciting future and it's coming, fast.

So here's the problem with this. Two different pieces of hardware. The device is unlocked, which is great, yes, but I cannot take it over to t-mobile because it's not compatible with their 3G. I need to get a different version of the phone. So, what's the use in that?

I don't think we're going to see our way out of this wireless mess until all the carriers get on 4G LTE and we can truly have one set of hardware standards. Than, an unlocked phone will really mean something.

You would have to be blind to see what's happening in the world of publishing. Things are changing so fast these days. Amazon's Kindle bet is starting to pay off big time.

So it looks like the infamous Google phone is for real. I'm happy about this for several reasons. Most importantly, Apple needs the competition to keep them sharp. All the others, namely Palm and Microsoft, have fallen away quickly in the iPhone storm. Only Blackberry remains strong. But Android, after a slow start, is picking up serious steam and looks like they will become a strong number two.

I am also growing weary of Apple's control issues. Controlling the entire end to end experience as Apple does have it's benefits but is leaving me feeling a little constricted. I think I'm ready for a change and the Google phone looks like the first phone truly worth leaving the iPhone for. I wish it were on Verizon, though, as I'd love to stick it in AT&T's eye at the same time. Yes, it will run on Tmobile but seriously, I've been on Tmobile. Not again.

If the iPhone is the "Jesus" phone, what is the Google Phone? John The Baptist?

My opinion, I don't think the JooJoo is going to fly. For one, $500 is way to expensive. Fusion Garage needs to get over itself as it compared the pricing of the iPhone and Kindle DX to their pricing. Fusion Garage is no Apple, they just don't have the kind of juice Apple does to expect premium pricing. Michael Arrington of TechCrunch, who was the person to first visualized the product had a price of $200 in mind. Fusion Garage says that was crazy and not possible. Maybe so, but at that price point, they would have had a real chance to make a big impact.

Despite what Comcast says, I don't like this deal, not a bit. Here is the key point:

"NBC has been careful not to put too much cable content on the Internet. We think that's a smart strategy...

It's simple logic. Comcast, under their current business model, has little to gain from pushing Internet TV forward. They will do enough to prevent people from freaking out but they will hold things at bay. I think a distributor like Comcast owning the content is a conflict of interest and not at all consumer friendly. This is good for nobody but Comcast.

Though Apple striking a deal with the largest wireless carrier in the U.S., Verizon, would be ideal, competitors T-Mobile and Sprint are more likely to carry the iPhone in 2010, one analyst believes.

With 89 million total customers, Verizon is the top prize in terms of the four major U.S. carriers. Apple is currently in an exclusive deal with the No. 2 carrier, AT&T, which has 82 million customers. But that agreement is believed by many to expire in 2010.

In a new note to investors Wednesday morning, analyst Shaw Wu with Kaufman Bros. said although many believe the iPhone will come to Verizon in 2010, it's likely wishful thinking. The problem, he said, is both Verizon and Apple have found success by focusing on "customer control." Their similarities are what he believes will keep them apart.

The part I want to focus on is this: "both Verizon and Apple have found success by focusing on "customer control."

If that doesn't make you cringe it should. It's the one thing that has bothered me about Apple lately. From the iPod to the iPhone and the app store and iTunes, Apple has become obsessed with control. I as a consumer, don't want to be controlled. I want freedom. Sure Apple makes things so nicely and so beautiful, but they are golden handcuffs. It's the reason I am strongly considering some kind of Android phone when my contract runs out next year.