Starting Thursday, Japan Communications will begin offerring a SIM card for unlocked iPhone 4 units sold in Japan by Softbank Corp, although the service plan costs 6,260 yen a month, while the unlocked iPhone 4 will sell for about 60,000 yen at Japan Communications Inc.

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I love the Museum of Modern Art. I love my iPhone. I love taking a tour of the Museum of Modern Art led by my iPhone. The free MoMa by the Museum of Modern Art iPhone app is a very snazzy little app. Head on over to the museum and be ready for a great, artistic experience through this powerful app.

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Kensington, the prolific purveyor of portable peripherals, announced on Tuesday that seven more of its iPhone and iPod touch gadgets have emerged victorious from Apple’s “Works with iPhone/iPod” certification process. New Kensington charging docks, car mounts, and battery packs updated for the iPhone 4 are now available for pre-order.

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A quick, very cheap, easy-to-undo and safe way of making the iPhone 4 work with the TomTom car kit / mount from the 3G/3GS. All it takes is a tiny strip of foam rubber about 2mm thick and the iPhone 4 fits into the mount perfectly.

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Logitech has unveiled a couple new Ultimate Ears headsets that will work with the iPhone for making and receiving calls. The headsets are the Ultimate Ears 500vi and 200vi with a mic and inline volume controls costing $79.99 and $39.99 respectively.

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Google will release an iPhone version of its currently Android-based Google Goggles app by the end of the year, Google executives said Monday.
In a presentation at the Hot Chips conference at Stanford University, David Petrou, a project lead of Google Goggles, described the future of Goggles.

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Naturally, despite the recent launch of the iPhone 4, I’ve already began speculating about what to expect from Apple’s next invention, the iPhone 5. We’ve already had the rumour that the next handset will work as an electronic wallet, which would be very cool indeed, but what else could Apple do to make it extra special?

Rather than trying to guess specifications, I’m going to make a list of things I’d like to see on the next handset, enjoy!

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I almost always lug around my DSLR when travelling more than a few miles away from home. I often bring it to family functions, out to dinner, weddings and and other events. But as you can imagine, the giant rig isn’t always the right tool for the job and I sometimes substitue my Canon S90, a remarkable point and shoot. But I haven’t used the Canon S90 once since I got my iPhone 4.

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The Elements for iPhone 4 is an incredibly handy app for anyone who wants to learn a bit more about the periodic table and the stuff that make up everything around us. Or for anyone in year nine cramming to memorise elements 1 to 20 for an upcoming chemistry exam.

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A recent Facebook blog post estimated that there were over 150 million Facebook users interacting with the service via their mobile devices.

It now appears the company were a little conservative in their estimates, with figures from the official application pages of the Facebook clients on different smartphones showing that the total was a lot higher than what was quoted.

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How To is a recurring feature in which we demonstrate techniques designed to improve your game, and make your skill set more than a little bit awesome. This time out, we’ll help you put killer 8-bit tunes on your iPhone.

‘Tis a grand time to be a retro video game geek. Between the awesome Scott Pilgrim vs. The World game and the growing popularity of chiptunes, all things old, cute, and catchy are hip. Now you can show your love with Cdubu‘s NES Ringtone Pack and NES Ringtone Pack: Part Deux.

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A cover that fits the iPod and turns it into a phone for half the price. A chinese patent: at least two different companies offer a “wrap” for the iPod touch that turns into a phone. The first device published was called apple peel 520 and was invented by a 22 year old programmer. The device is a sort of chassis that enlarges and thickens the device.

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Apple is apparently ramping up its battle to prevent iPhone and iPod owners from jailbreaking their devices. The company has applied for a patent, titled “Systems and Methods for Identifying Unauthorized Users of an Electronic Device,” that covers a series of security measures to automatically protect devices from thieves and other “unauthorized users.”

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Flat-rate mobile data tariffs look like an endangered species in the US and Europe. Mobile operators say that the all-you-can-eat model is damaging their ability to increase their revenues, and that the cost of building next-generation networks and providing the backbone capacity for the data is a “critical challenge”.

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In Top Gun 2, players jump into the cockpit to engage in air-to-air and air-to-ground arcade combat, utilizing all-new high-speed defensive maneuvers and offensive attacks. Using the accelerometer, players will dodge enemies and deal devastating damage as they navigate through seven unique environments, including outer space.

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Berlin, Germany - After a solid seven figure investment by angel investors and fending off a lawsuit by former parent company Navigon, Skobbler releases an update to its popular and free turn-by-turn navigation system for the iPhone that incorporates a completely new user interface, full iOS4 compatibility, and significant stability improvements.

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Whether you’ve taken to the iPhone’s touchscreen keyboard like a duck to water, or are more of a one-finger-at-a-time typist, there are plenty of shortcuts, tips and tricks that can improve your iTyping experience.

Here, we’ve rounded up ten useful ways to be faster and more productive with your iPhone’s keyboard. We hope these tricks are handy for anyone new to the platform, or those who have not had the time to really experiment.

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Fort Collins, COLO. – Hot on the heels of the highly-anticipated release of Defender Series® cases, OtterBox® announces protection in a fresh new design with the Commuter Series® for the Apple® iPhone® 4.

“The iPhone 4 offers so many different custom features,” said OtterBox founder and CEO Curt Richardson. “With Commuter Series cases now available, OtterBox lets users choose the case design that best fits their personality and style.”

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At GDC Europe earlier this week, Bigpoint CEO Heiko Hubertz claimed that the iPhone app market “has already crashed. You cannot sell your game for 99 cents and expect a return.” Apple has said that developers are collectively making more than a billion dollars on the App Store, but Hubertz knocks that figure down a few notches, suggesting that because there are over 250,000 actual apps on the store, no one developer is making enough to cover the development costs of any game worth making.

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Today at Facebook headquarters in Palo Alto, CA, the company held an event to show off their new Places product — essentially their check-in service. We spotted in the wild a bit early, but that was only on the touch.facebook.com site (the site built specifically for touchscreen devices). Later tonight, it will be a central part of the new Facebook iPhone app as well.

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