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Why the Nokia 5800 is good news for the iPhone

Why the Nokia 5800 is good news for the iPhone

Nokia recently announced their first S60 5th edition touchscreen phone – the 5800 XpressMusic, Frankly, it looks superb. I’m not going to do a blow-by-blow comparison – ShinyShiny already has that covered – but the entrance of the world’s dominant phone manufacturer into the space carved out by Apple demands a closer look. What will be the knock on effect for the iPhone?
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No Freedom Time For You!

For whom the App Store bell tolls

No Freedom Time For You!Thanks to Daring Fireball for the heads up on the iPhone Application Graveyard, which lists all the apps that Apple has removed or not approved. It’s not quite comprehensive – there are a few more mentioned over at iPhonefootprint.

Looking through the apps that didn’t make it, I saw one I hadn’t heard of before – Freedom Time by Juggleware. This app counted down the last days of George W. Bush in the Oval Office. But it never made it to the store.

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TV on the iPhone – two different approaches

Two interesting announcements have come my way today – one concerning BBC iPlayer, and the other concerning Youtube. What’s interesting about them is the way in which they treat the video that they offer, and what that means for watching TV on your iPhone.

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