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AIM for iPhone Grows Up, Paid Version On the Way Washington Post, United States While there may still be a lot of confusion surrounding the future of AOL, that didn't stop the folks in Northern Virginia from recently overhauling their popular AIM instant messaging app for iPhone (and iPod touch). Available in two tasty flavors, … CBS releases TV.com iPhone app Macworld CBS streaming free TV programming to iPhone users Apple Insider Mobile Content Bits: CBS On IPhone; Mobile EBooks; AIM; Playboy MocoNews Ars Technica - Technologizer all 53 news articles

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CNET News

Ten iPhone apps that didn't make the App Store Macworld, CA by JR Raphael, PC World Apple has irked more than a few iPhone app developers by rejecting their creations for inclusion in the App Store, sometimes for reasons that seem to have little sense. The company won’t reveal much about its mysterious and … It's good to be #1: GameLoft talks iPhone gaming Ars Technica iMafia for iPhone Circumvents the App Store, Sells Other Apps In … Gizmodo.com Apple Struggles With Flood of iPhone Games Kotaku Australia Washington Post - InfoWorld all 104 news articles

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Phones Review

Retail Smartphone Sales: BlackBerry Trumps iPhone ChannelWeb, NY The BlackBerry Curve beat out the Apple iPhone in retail smartphone sales in the month of January, according to a report from Avian Research. According to the list, published by BlackBerry community Web site BlackBerry Cool, Research In Motion (RIM) … Blackberry Kicked iPhone's Butt in December Tom’s Guide Posted by Sam Diaz @ 5:30 am ZDNet That cool BlackBerry Storm ad? It’s not from RIM MacDailyNews Merinews - FierceWireless all 32 news articles

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SYS-CON Media

Xumii Opens up Social Networking on the iPhone MSNBC SAN MATEO, CA - Xumii (www.xumii.com), the mobile social address book that makes it easy to stay connected to all of your friends all of the time, has released a free application for the Apple iPhone. Xumii combines iPhone contacts with friends from … Xumii Releases Free iPhone App Wireless Week all 6 news articles

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bit-tech.net

id's Carmack Talks Quake III iPhone Experiments Gamasutra, CA id Software legend John Carmack says Quake III is being tested on iPhone, and might include Quake Live's level upgrades if launched as a product. Doom and Quake creator id has already confirmed that Wolfenstein RPG is coming to the iPhone, … id Software working on iPhone games, mulling “id classics line … Geek.com Wolfenstein RPG, Quake 3 Porting to iPhone Tom’s Guide John Carmack Talks Possible Wii Development, iPhone, ‘Doom 4,’ More MTV.com Ars Technica - bit-tech.net all 29 news articles

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Softbank offers a free 8GB iPhone with a two year contract.

Japanese cell phone provider SoftBank has implemented a temporary promotion that offers customers a free 8GB iPhone with a two-year contract. The 8GB version is free with the basic, premium, or student plan. The 16GB version costs ¥11,520 ($120USD) and the cost is spread out over two years as an additional ¥480 ($5USD) added to the monthly fee. This is a common practice often used to tack on additional fees in Japan.

The promotion is called the “iPhone for Everybody Campaign” and runs until the end of May. In addition to the free iPhone promotion, Softbank has also dropped the maximum price of the standard data plan to ¥4410 ($45USD) from ¥5985 ($62USD).

In Japan the iPhone launched on July 11, 2008 to mixed success. Only a month after launch Softbank was dropping fees in order to attract more customers to the iPhone. When it launched, the iPhone was lacking features specific to the Japanese market that exists on almost all cell phones in this market. Features the iPhone lacks include the ability to pay for purchases using the phone called FeliCA, the ability to watch television on the phone using the 1Seg service, and the inability to text message using one hand which is standard practice in Japan.

Despite its struggles, the iPhone has been able to stay in the Japanese market and at least compete. This is impressive in of itself as even Nokia has given up and pulled out of the Japanese Market. Although Japanese cell phones do incorporate many advanced features, the interface and the menus are often complicated and difficult to use.

In Japan, the iPhone has brand recognition and a simple to use interface which may be some of the factors allowing it to compete in this market.

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PC World

INewz Brings the News to Your iPhone PC World If you compulsively scroll news headlines, and enjoy browsing RSS feeds, but don't particularly care for managing them, you might consider downloading iNewz ($2) for your iPhone or iPod touch. A newsreader that makes subscription management easy–just …

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BBC News

New iPhone App Offers Google Calendar Access I4U iNomadics has announced a new iPhone application called MultiCal. The App is available on the Apple App store now and provides access to unlimited numbers of Google Calendars in one interface on the iPod touch and iPhone. … Android App Class War: For Richer, For Poorer ChannelWeb Mobile Application Buyers Spend Big PC World Who profits from the App Store? BBC News prMac (press release) - MarketWatch (press release) all 103 news articles

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Hitting the Oregon Trail on the iPhone San Jose Mercury News,  USA Gameloft, the publisher known for its mobile phone games, is bringing this classic to the iPhone. And from the looks of it, the update looks promising. Of course, with the power behind the system, Gameloft decided to update the graphics. … The dangers of retracing the classic 'Oregon Trail' game on the iPhone Los Angeles Times Hands on with The Oregon Trail (iPhone) Pocket Gamer all 3 news articles

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Macworld

Review: NoteWorthy for iPhone Macworld, CA Instead of always having to pull out a crumpled-up piece of paper to feverishly jot things down whenever your friends recommend a new band or artist, NoteWorthy enables you to simply pull out your iPhone, look up the artist/album/song in question, …

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