Hot on the heels of Electronic Arts kinda-sorta slamming Nokia for its lackluster N-Gage gaming platform comes word that the video game giant will be dabbling in the world of Android here shortly. Unsurprisingly, we're informed that Tetris will be the first Android title out, while Bejeweled and Monopoly should follow suit in November. According to EA Mobile vice president Adam Sussman, "Android is another exciting new platform to offer customers great games with enhancements like touch and tilt capabilities," and while we weren't given specifics outside of the aforesaid titles, more games are definitely "in development."

Apparently, "easy target" Engadget editors aren't the only ones buying them RAZR phones from Motorola. In fact, it seems as if a fairly decent number of people have forked over the cash for aluminum ubiquity, because the diminutive flip phone has its very own token in the upcoming "Here & Now" 70th anniversary edition of Monopoly. The phone is accompanied by other branded products such as a Starbucks coffee, McDonald's French fries, a Toyota Prius hybrid, and a New Balance running shoe. Not bad company at all for a phone, but we're curious if they've opted for a plain ol' V3, V3c, V3i or perhaps even the V3m? After all, what's the point of casting yourself into the throes of capitalism if you can't even have a 1.3 megapixel camera or memory card slot while you're at it?

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We all know that Qualcomm likes to play up its market dominance everywhere possible -- and we also know they've taken some heat for it in Europe -- so it comes as little surprise to us that would-be CDMA competitors in the South Korean market are raising a fit. Texas Instruments and Broadcom have appealed to South Korea's Fair Trade Commission, alleging unfair practices by Qualcomm in bundling its CDMA chipsets with application processors. Presumably, the argument is that manufacturers should be allowed to mix and match chipsets without taking a hit on cost and without losing their relationships with suppliers, and since Qualcomm lays claim to portions of virtually every wireless standard -- not just IS-95 and CDMA2000 proper -- the implications of this are fairly far-reaching. Qualcomm's Korean offices have been raided by investigators in the past on similar allegations so we're not terribly confident this tussle will change their attitude, but we can dare to dream.