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New app promises wireless sync for iPhone — if Apple approves it (Ben Patterson)
Ben Patterson - Zune users have been able to sync their music and videos over Wi-Fi for years now — not so for patrons of the iPhone or iPod Touch, which can only sync up files via USB tethering. That said, an enterprising developer is looking to change the game when it comes to wireless iPhone and/or iPod Touch syncing ... if Apple will let him, that is.

BlackBerry's new Pearl 3G goes old-school with 14-button keypad (Ben Patterson)
Ben Patterson - What's the first thing that comes to mind when it comes to a BlackBerry? For me, it's Research In Motion's iconic QWERTY keypad, or at the very least the modified "SureType" keyboard, which crams a couple of letter keys on each number key. So it's a little jarring to get a load of RIM's new, pumped-up Pearl 3G — the first BlackBerry ever with a standard alphanumeric keypad, same as on many garden-variety cell phones.

Flash apps blessed by Jobs for iPhone, other Apple mobile devices
No more talking Flash trash: the program that Steve Jobs so seems to revile appears to be good-to-go for use for apps on the iPhone and Apple's other mobile devices.



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Apple publishes guidelines for app approval
Apple. on Thursday gave software developers the guidelines it uses to determine which programs can be sold in its App Store, yet it reserved for itself broad leeway in deciding what makes the cut.



Apple - App Store - IPhone - Macintosh - IOS

No Verizon, not antenna, is iPhone 4's big problem
It's the iPhone 4's carrier, and not the antenna, that's holding back prospective buyers, according to a poll done by Piper Jaffray.



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Smart phone future won't be dominated by anyone, study says

For those of you who are taking bets on who will win first place in the smart phone race worldwide, the answer may surprise you: No one, according to one research firm.

Court: Judges can demand warrant for cell locales
Judges have the right to require warrants before police get cell phone records that could suggest a customer's likely location, a U.S. appeals court ruled Tuesday in a novel electronic privacy case.



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