Starting as soon as 12/17 Walmart will begin to sell the Apple iPhone..to its employees only.  It’s actually a ‘pilot program’, where a total of 488 of the Sam Walton retailers will each receive 5 iPhones to sell.  Corporate makes it sound like if they don’t sell all 5 then they don’t get the iPhone for full retail sales, which will start as soon as 12/28.  And no, you won’t pay $99 unlike the rumor we mentioned a few weeks ago.  Nope, instead you’ll drop $197 on an 8GB and $297 on a 16GB plus you’ll need to sign a 2 year AT&T contract.

[Engadget]