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Free iPhone WiFi At Starbucks And Barnes and Noble?

How long will this last?  It seems that there are reports of free WiFi for those with a iPhone in their left hand, and a double tall latte in the right.   As you can see from the pic, at&t has a "number" input screen that will allow you to connect to a Starbucks or Barnes and Noble hotspot for free. 

I doubt that it will be free for too much longer, and if so, Starbucks is going to look awefully weird in the next coming weeks.  There will be tons of iPhone users glued to their screens and wired at the same time. 

A bad combination.

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Is Native IM Coming To The iPhone?

Yes, according to this patent Appleinsider found.  It seems the the folks at Apple filed for this one last August and it was granted in March.  What ever the case, it's another step in the right direction towards making the iPhone a better all around device.

Sure there will be rows and rows of third party IM solutions, but this one comes straight from the orchard, so if anything goes wrong, you only have Apple to blame.

ZKOUT: More Social Networking On Your iPhone

Social Networking is the new phrase and way of doing things in the decade of the Thousands.  Why should that be lost on the iPhone.  If you're not all a Twitter, or making space for Myspace then you're probably doing it on Meebo or facebook.   

But if your looking for another way to get social with your iPhone, you might want to give ZKOUT a shout.
Chat, share pics, events and all those other things that make you an online social butterfly right from your iPhone.

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AOL MOBILE SEARCH with GOOGLE now Available For The iPhone!

What would life be without AOL on your iPhone?  I don't know, but it has been a question to puzzle the scholars for centuries, days,  a few minutes.

Luckily I caught this over at PalmAddicts.  "Mobile Search has a traditional Web search engine, but also has features specially tailored to search the content of various AOL properties, including Moviefone, MapQuest, AOL CityGuide and others. So, for instance, searching for hotels in a specific location will bring back a list of entries from CityGuide with inline phone numbers. Searching for a movie will bring back results from an iPhone-optimized version of Moviefone, complete with inline times."

Now we no longer have to wonder and we can be one up on the scholars.

Point your iPhone or iPod Touch here

O2 Puts The iPhone On The Cheap

Folks in the UK are really getting a break on iPhone purchases lately.  But that assumes Brits are purchasing iPhones and the Jury is still out on that one.  But fresh off the heels of a T-Mobile price drop, O2 chimes in with a £100 cut off the going British iPhone rate.

Take it how you want it, either they are trying to stick folks with a slower iPhone after the release of a newer 3G model, or they just want somebody to buy one.

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True VoIP For The iPhone/iPod Touch! Fring

Well this is pretty sweet.  Fring looks to be a real honest to goodness VoIP app for the iPhone.

With SkypeOut or SIP and a jailbroken iPhone Or iPod Touch, you'll be able to call your grandmother in Scranton to try and get her to stop clinging to her guns. 

And best of all, it's free.  Of course your Skype charges will apply.

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Feedables! Customized Specific RSS Feeds For iPhone

  There is no shortage of RSS readers for the iPhone out there.  But like any true tech/gadget head, when another comes out, you must try it.

Feedables is another feed reader that allows you to customize the feeds of your choice by putting togther your happy little list at http://www.feedables.com/

After you've put your feeds together, open it up on your iPhone or iPod touch and read away.

Feedables

iPhone - Fimrware 1.2.0, Save Photos From Safari With Your Finger

  Little by little, bit by bit, version number by version number that iPhone of yours gets more and more useful.

Apples 1.2.0 Firmware update allows you to now "Save Photos" from Safari.  By simply pressing the image for a few seconds, users can now select "Save Photo" and put the image into the photo directory.

Yes, I know.  Everyone with any other smartphone is going "So" as they chuckle.  But hey, the iPhone wasn't offering that seemingly basic little feature until now, and now it does so there you have it. 

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iClueless: Comprehensive Search For Your iPhone/iPod Touch

I've been wondering what the folks over at Gx5 had in the oven since they've been silent for awhile now. Well it seems the timer went off, the bread is done and it's time for iPhone/ipod Touch owners to take a slice of iClueless. iClueless is app that gives you the web 2.0 with search engine widgets for all of your favorite places to go. Google, Yahoo, IMDB, Amazon, Flickr, Wikipedia and many more. This really looks like a promising new app. And yes Palm users, this is pretty much what Gx5 offers in it's UltimatePhone application for Palm.

Head on over and take a full read of all the details. iClueless

iPhone Contacts Search, Leaked Photos

  Leaks here, leaks there, leaks will come from everywhere as the big iPhone 2.0 release gets closer.  Thanks to a tipster who tipped off Engadget, we get an early look at a few albeit small updates in the new version.

It looks as though the update will include a little Search option at the top of the contacts screen, along with a "meetings invitation" option  which displays request count like the SMS function. 

Check out the full gallery!