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Vocal Instant Messaging Now Available for the iPhone
LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–‘Push-to-talk’ — the voice equivalent of text messaging (SMS) — has come to the iPhone™ for the first time.
Promised as ‘soon’ when it launched its service for the iPhone on July 29, Palringo has added the vocal instant messaging functionality to its rich messaging application available from [...]

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Google has released a new version of its Reader for Apple’s iPhone. To get the new beta version, direct your Safari browser over to http://www.google.com/reader/i.
Google is looking for feedback so let them know what you think.
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Schmap this! Schmap, a local search and mapping application, is now available for Apple’s iPhone and iPod Touch. The search service lets iPhone users easily search for a local Starbucks or find an Italian restaurant when visiting a new city right from their smartphone.
Schmap’s app not only lets users browse city guides or [...]

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Diotek, a Korean mobile software developer in Korea, announced DioPen, a handwriting recognition software designed specifically for Apple’s iPhone. Using just a fingertip, the newly created software allows input directly on the iPhone’s touchscreen. DioPen is able to to recognize English, European, Korean, and Chinese characters and digits in either cursive or print.
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For those iPhone users that are quite dependant on reminders and have sticky notes surrounding their desk, enter Stickified.com. Stickified.com is an iPhone and iPod Touch compatible service that lets users create and edit stickies for reminders and to-do lists. Stickified.com is free to use and is web-based.
For more information, go to Stickified.com.
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Calfornia based Widgetbox, a widget directory company, released a new special gallery of widgets specially tailored for the iPhone.
The iPhone-friendly widgets can be easily added to the iPhone’s home screen for quick and simple access. Sixteen iPhone widgets are being offered initially, including a BART QuickPlanner tool for the Bay Area’s transport system, with more [...]

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A new beta version of an iPhone RSS Reader is now available for download. Synced with Google Reader, Feeds is a news aggregator for Apple’s iPhone and will allow users to always have their favorite news at hand. The new app automatically synchronizes with the Google Reader so there is no need to [...]

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Evolution Robotics shows off its multi-talented mobile visual search engine on Apple’s iPhone. The technology, called ViPR (visual pattern recognition), allows users to use their cameraphones to take a photo and run a search based on the recognition of the photo. The app will then provide results directly to the user’s iPhone.
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For those iPhone users missing the ability to write directly onscreen, here is your chance. This new app, looking very similar to Palm’s handwriting recognition system, offers users another option for text input.
The handwriting recognition IME for the iPhone, developed by Hanwang.com.cn and called HWPen, provides an entry box on the bottom half of [...]

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The boys over at Fring are now offering a pre-release version of their mobile VoIP app for the iPhone. The company is letting users know up front that this is a beta version of the app and that it is looking for feedback from users.
Fring, a mobile VoIP client, will let iPhone users make [...]

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