Gadgetory

it's Tuesday October fifth I'm mark Lucia and it's time to get loaded Skype is out for android version 2.1 and later users can now start making free calls an instant message to other skype users us customers will only be able to make calls over Wi-Fi and the app is not offered in the android market in Japan and China fring also announced their service is available for Android Market fring outlets users make international calls for one cent per minute Barnes & Noble announced their self publishing platform yesterday it's called puppet and it lets independent publishers and self publishers distribute their works through Barnes & Nobles ebook store amazon apple and sony already have their own self publishing platforms Barnes & Noble is giving authors sixty-five percent of the sales price for books that are priced between 299 and 999 the service also lets you convert your text or Microsoft Word file into an ePub file you can now make purchases through Amazon in facebook right now the only items being sold our diapers but if you want to buy pampers diapers their fan page has a shop now button that you can click on from there you can use your amazon account info and finalize a purchase right now Amazon is the only site using this feature but you can bet that other online vendors will do the same Google's TV site just launched this week we don't have details on price but content partners include Turner Broadcasting NBC Universal HBO and the NBA sony and logitech are partnering to pair google software with their hardware logitech is holding a press conference tomorrow so we'll keep you posted and virgin mobile announced a no-contract phone yesterday the samsung intercept runs Android and it costs 250 dollars but Virgin Mobile offers an unlimited plan for sixty dollars a month without a contract and plans start at $25 it's not the best android phone but it has a 3.2 inch display and a 3.2 megapixel camera those are all your headlines for today I'm mark lesya for cnet.com and just been loaded