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Apple to Launch Two New iPhones, One for Verizon

A new report from The Wall Street Journal suggests that Apple will reveal not one, but two new iPhones this year.
One would be based on GSM/UMTS standard that powers AT&T’s network, while another would be compatible with CDMA, the standard used by Verizon. The announcement would come in June or July, when Apple normally announces [...]

IPhone App to Sidestep AT&T

By DAVID POGUE
Published: March 24, 2010
NYTimes
For a little $1 iPhone app, Line2 sure has the potential to shake up an entire industry.
It can save you money. It can make calls where AT&T’s signal is weak, like indoors. It can turn an iPod Touch into a full-blown cellphone.
And it can ruin the sleep of cellphone [...]

Apple adds ‘Gift This App’ option to App Store

Apple adds ‘Gift This App’ option to App Store
Posted on Mar 22, 2010 12:25 pm
by Dan Moren, Macworld.com
The App Store was built on the foundations of its predecessor, the iTunes Store, but some features of the latter didn’t immediately appear in the former. On Monday, the App Store filled in another hole in [...]

Cnet Reviews: Four awesome alarm clock apps

Four awesome alarm clock apps
by Rick Broida
March 15, 2010 12:00 PM PDT
During a recent spring cleaning, my wife and I wondered aloud why either of us needed an alarm clock on our nightstands.
After all, my iPhone and her iPod Touch both have a perfectly good alarm feature. What’s more, the App Store is home to [...]

Gartner Says Consumers Will Spend $6.2 Billion in Mobile Application Stores in 2010

Application Stores Will Exceed 4.5 Billion Downloads in 2010
Egham, UK, January 18, 2010 —  
Consumers will spend $6.2 billion in 2010 in mobile application stores while advertising revenue is expected to generate $0.6 billion worldwide, according to Gartner, Inc. Analysts said mobile application stores will exceed 4.5 billion downloads in 2010, eight out of [...]

Wakeupcall.tv iPhone App Turns Alarm Clock into Bite Sized, Digestable Video Newscast

Wakeupcall.tv takes care of two morning routine must-haves, an alarm clock and the day’s top headlines, with one smartly packaged mobile media application. The app’s alarm cues a video wake-up call featuring a brief newscast anchored by national TV personality Andrea Jackson. Inspired by the growing demands of a smartphone lifestyle, wakeupcall.tv for iPhone, iPod [...]

New app Release for iPhone: WakeupCall.tv

Branded Research in conjunction with Andrea Jackson and Stable8 Production launch the Wakeupcall.tv iPhone application. The WakeupCall app is a video voicemail newscast with an alarm clock function hosted by national TV personality Andrea Jackson. Set your wake up call time as if you were staying at your favorite hotel. Andrea will ring you [...]

Remote Meets Cell Phone With FiOS

With many industry analysts focused on consumer behavior patterns, it’s interesting to watch FiOS. FiOS TV customers are getting an innovative new way to control the functions on their TV sets - and enjoy some enhanced features as well. All they have to do is reach for their mobile phone.
Effective immediately, FiOS TV customers [...]

Major new app store to take on Apple, others

(CNN) — Some of the world’s largest telecommunications companies have teamed up to create an apps store of sorts that they say will rival Apple’s and those of other smartphone makers.

AT&T, Sprint, Verizon and 24 other companies have formed what they’re calling the Wholesale Applications Community, they announced Monday at the Mobile World Congress in [...]

Merchant Processing via your Smart Phone

We liked this CNN Money article that shows how some hardware and software is adding another deminsion to generating revenues with your mobile phone. The great thing here is that most of these product will work with any phone.