Lots of stuff going on today, so here are some highlights:

Nintendo dropped the price of the Wii to $199 in the United States. John P. Falcone wrote in CNET’s Crave blog about the change, which comes hot on the heels of Sony’s cut in the Playstation 3′s price to $299, and a little farther back, Microsoft’s cut in the 120GB hard drive version of the Xbox 360. I’m guessing that will help push the three consoles through the holiday season, but I’m also thinking sales will remain slow, based on what I’ve heard.

Andrew Nusca wrote at ZDNet that Microsoft‘s acquisition of Danger has yielded two Sharp-manufactured phones, the Turtle and the Pure. These are part of the so-called Pink Project. The pictures look a little like Danger’s Sidekick devices. A few days ago, Mary Jo Foley at ZDNet said Pink Project phones will use a version of Windows Mobile 7 and will be able to use the Zune music store.

Yesterday, Jonathan sent me this post from Ian Paul at PC World that talks about the Microsoft Courier tablet computer. It looks cool from the picture, but it’s just a prototype, Paul said, so don’t get excited about this specific design until it actually ships. Are devices like Amazon’s Kindle and netbooks finally igniting the market for tablets? Multitouch technology is certainly helping. Paul reported that the Courier would support it. And of course, there are rumors that Apple will jump into the fray.

Speaking of e-books, BusinessWeek said yesterday that Verizon has announced its support for a new reader from iRex. That means they’re going to take on Sprint Nextel, which provides WiFi for the Kindle and AT&T, which will power the Sony Reader and Plastic Logic ebook readers. As for the catalog, the iRex reader will use Barnes & Noble’s store. The New York Times’ Brad Stone said that iRex was spun off from Royal Philips Electronics. Also interesting to note, the iRex and Sony e-books will be sold in Best Buy stores.

By the way, it’s got an 8.1-inch screen, which puts it in between the different versions of the Kindle in terms of size.

OK, that’s enough for now, but I’ve already spotted some more tidbits that may interest you. If you’re ready to learn more about some of these topics, you can do that at HowStuffWorks.com:

How Microsoft Works
How do touch-screen monitors know where you’re touching?
How the Amazon Kindle Works