Google said that its friends at Sony are so excited about Google TV that they reduced the price of their Google TV devices by $200. But it is only for a few days. Is it enough?

Sony’s Google TV devices weren’t exactly cheap initially, but if you love technology, the TVs and the Blu-ray player begin to look interesting pricewise. There is a $200 discount until November 29, which means a 24″ TV will go for $600, a 32″ for $800, a 40″ for $900 and a 46″ for $1200. The Blu-ray player is listed for $300.

You have to have a fetish for gadgets to consider these prices a good deal, otherwise you will just buy a decent LED TV for another $200 less.

We can’t help but think that Sony isn’t so excited about Google TV wonder whether Sony might actually be worried about Google TV. With virtually no unique content web entertainment content left, there is not much incentive to actually pick one of these TVs up and pay extra. Sony still advertises the TV as “Television, meet Internet”, which makes us wonder whether Sony has already given up hope: Few mainstream consumers are interested in the fact that these TVs connect to the Internet, they simply want the additional content that is actually interesting for consumption on a TV.

Is this just a Black Friday incentive? Could be, but if those TVs sold well, we doubt that Sony would drop its prices already now.

On the same note, we also hear that you could get a buy one, get one free deal for a Windows Phone. The deal is available at AT&T and applies to the HTC Surround, LG Quantum and Samsung Focus. From Microsoft’s website: “To take advantage of this offer head down to your local AT&T retail store, sign up for a two-year contract and you and a friend will have a couple of the coolest phones of the season.” Seriously? Since when is a phone that is given away for free cool?

Buy one, get one free cellphone promotions aren’t unusual and we have seen these deals also with rather popular phone such as the Galaxy S at T-Mobile. But it seems that Microsoft is dipping very early into some extra cash to fire up its Windows Phone 7 sales, which may be selling much better than previous phones with Windows OS installations, but they aren’t exactly rivaling Android or iPhone sales.

Price drops are often designed to boost declining sales numbers and we wonder if that is the case for Google TV and Windows Phone 7.

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