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Over 100,000 Apps Now Available on the iPhone App Store
PUBLISHED: 11/4/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
Apple has just announced that developers have created over 100,000 apps for the App Store, the official source for iPhone and iPod touch software
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Verizon Promises Tethering Support for the Motorola Droid
PUBLISHED: 11/4/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
Although Verizon isn't going to offer tethering on the Motorola Droid at launch, it will add this feature early next year. This feature will allow this Android smartphone to function as a wireless modem for other devices.
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Beta of Opera Mobile 10 Web Browser Released for Symbian S60
PUBLISHED: 11/3/2009  BY: Antoine Wright
Opera has created a native version of its Opera Mobile web browser for Symbian S60v3 and S60v5 devices. This is an advanced browser with ties to its desktop counterpart.
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Use Your iPhone To Identify Stars and Constellations
PUBLISHED: 11/1/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
Distant Suns is an iPhone application that lets users identify the planets, constellations, over a hundred galaxies and star clusters, and thousands of stars.
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Nokia Phasing N-Gage Gaming Network into the Ovi Store
PUBLISHED: 10/30/2009  BY: Antoine Wright
After several years of lackluster performance, Nokia's gaming network, N-Gage is officially being merged into the Ovi Store, with the N-Gage brand and social network being shuttered late next year.
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Boingo Wi-Fi Service Now Available for BlackBerrys
PUBLISHED: 10/29/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
Boingo Wireless is a service that, for a fee, gives users access to a very extensive network of Wi-Fi hotspots. This week, software that BlackBerry users need to access this network was released.
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Google Maps Mobile May Become a Full-Fledged Navigation App
PUBLISHED: 10/28/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
Google offers free mapping software for a wide variety of smartphones. If a rumor is correct, this is going to be turned into a full-fledged navigation app, with voice-guided, turn-by-turn directions. UPDATED
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Catalog of webOS Apps Now Available on Palm's Site
PUBLISHED: 10/20/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
Palm, Inc. has answered the requests of many, and created an online listing of all the third-party webOS software that's on the market. Previously, this information could only be found in the on-device App Catalog.
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Epocrates Essentials Now Available for BlackBerry Smartphones
PUBLISHED: 10/20/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
Epocrates, Inc. has introduced a version of its most popular premium clinical software suite, Epocrates Essentials, for the BlackBerry OS. This app helps doctors around the world to make decisions in diagnosis and treatment of patients.
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RoadSync 1.0 Brings Exchange ActiveSync to Android Smartphones
PUBLISHED: 10/16/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
After six months in beta, DataViz has completed work on the first version of its Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync client for Android. RoadSync 1.0 is now available for purchase through the on-device Android Market.
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HAVA Streaming Video Player for iPhone Released
PUBLISHED: 10/15/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
Monsoon Multimedia has introduced a version of the HAVA Mobile Player app that allows users to view and control their home television service, including cable, satellite and TiVo, from anywhere in the world on their iPhone.
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AT&T Will Allow iPhone Customers To Use VoIP Software on its 3G Network
PUBLISHED: 10/7/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
AT&T has changed course,and will allow iPhone users to make VoIP phone calls over its cellular-wireless network Previously, those who used Apple's smartphone were restricted to using VoIP over Wi-Fi.
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