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The free iPhone Case Program is open

The apple site is now live for folk to claim their free bumper or case, and it is is pretty straightforward.

Follow these steps to apply for a Bumper or case.

BBC News iPhone and iPad app to launch in UK

Finally the BBC have seen sense and will be making an app that was available outside the UK available inside the UK! 

A BBC News app for the iPhone and iPad will be available in the UK from late afternoon on 23 July, the BBC has announced.

The free-to-download apps for Apple products were originally due to be made available in April 2010.

The UK launch was delayed while the BBC Trust, the corporation's governing body, assessed the proposals and their impact on the rest of the industry.

Apps for other devices such as Android phones will launch later in the year. Similar apps for BBC Sport and iPlayer will also be coming soon

Faster dialing with Google Voice on Android and Blackberry devices

Yesterday Google announced that they have launched "an enhancement to the Google Voice mobile app on Android and Blackberry phones, which makes placing calls much faster. We call this feature “direct access numbers.” Here’s how it works:

Until today, the Google Voice app had to make a request to the Google Voice server every time you wanted to make a call to send us the phone number you wanted to dial. Then the call would be connected via a Google Voice access number. With direct access numbers, we assign a unique phone number to every person you call. This means that we no longer need to use your data network to access the server each time you make a call, so calls will be placed much faster.

The updated Android app is available from Android Market starting today. For Blackberry users, you can download the app by visiting http://m.google.com/voice from your mobile device. You will need a valid Google Voice account to use the app, and at this time, Google Voice is available in the US only"

Nook for Android from Barnes and Noble

Barnes and Noble have released their ebook client for Android, adding to versions already available for iPhone, iPad, BlackBerry, Mac and Windows. They state the following features, with the interesting one being sharing an eBook you own with a friend for Free!

• More than 1 Million eBooks -- Just a Touch Away
• All your favorite titles, including hot new releases and bestsellers
• FREE samples of eBooks anytime, plus thousands of FREE titles
• Access to your eBook library on your computer plus hundreds of mobile devices including iPad, iPhone, and NOOK
• Share eBooks with friends for FREE with LendMe™
• Recommended titles from your favorite authors
• Add bookmarks as you read

Zeam Launcher - free & lightweight for Android

Over at xda-developers the goodies keep coming, if you own an Android phone and have looked enviously at the HTC Sense UI, then check out this link for an updated and lightweight launcher for Android.

The launcher is backwards compatible with version from 1.5 (Cupcake) onwards, allows you to have between 3 and 9 screens each with its own preview. It also features a scrollable applications dock back, configurable double tap/menu buttons, auto rotate, full screen mode and custom applications drawer animations.

Windows Phone 7 is out there

Microsoft have announced that after the Windows Phone 7 OS has been used daily by more than 1,000 people in Microsoft and over 10,000 developers that the technical preview is now out there to the broader community. From yesterday they say that thousands of prototype phones from Asus, LG and Samsung are making their way into the hands of developers over the next few weeks.

The whole mobile OS has moved on massively since Microsoft first released Pocket PC and this early preview is getting some pretty mixed reviews.

The BoyGenius Report states that "There is no killer application on Windows Phone 7, and we can’t see an overwhelming reason to use one instead of an iPhone, BlackBerry or Android handset. Whether Microsoft’s OS updates to the platform will be enough to change our minds in the future is up to them, but for now, they’ve created a decent mobile operating system from scratch, but it unfortunately still has that Microsoft feel. And that’s not the best thing sometimes."

Infoworld is alot more brutal stating "Windows Phone 7: Don't bother with this disaster Microsoft's demos of its great mobile hope shows Windows Phone 7 to be only a tepid knockoff of a 2007-era iPhone"

ZDNet balance the views stating "After using the Technical Preview version of Windows Phone 7 in an up close and personal way I can honestly say that I am quite excited for the holiday season when we will see these devices launching from Microsoft".

Finally Engadget give a more cautious review "What we've been presented with here doesn't exactly feel like a complete mobile operating system in many ways. Some parts of Windows Phone 7 are more like a wireframe -- an interesting design study, an example of what a next-gen phone platform could be. That's both good and bad. On one side, we're still really excited by the prospect of Metro as a viable, clean-slate approach to the mobile user experience, and there are lots of smart moves being made that could lead to greatness. On the other side, Microsoft has to turn this into a viable retail product that can hang with the fiercest competition in the history of the cellphone in just a few months' time, and there are some serious issues that need to be addressed. Frankly, it's a little scary."

So what does that tell us? In my view this a pre-Beta v1 Mobile OS and thus is going to have some flaws and missing capabilities, the problem is that Microsoft has to finalise this quickyl to get it out to the vendors and carriers so that they can do their testing in order to get it released before the end of the year, so the time to make any changes is almost over. Let's face it, huge changes like multi tasking and cut n paste aren't going to be there. With iPhone now on v4 hardware and the 4th iteration of the OS, and Android making some major changes with Froyo, is it all too late from Microsoft? Time and sales figures will tell...

Goby comes to Android

First off, what is Goby! Goby helps you find fun things to do. Whether you're traveling across the country (currently US only) or staying close to home this weekend, Goby's got you covered with over 350 categories of things to do in every city and town in the US!  Goby already has an iPhone and iPad client and now they have released an Android version, which you can get from the market place. 

The bad news for us folk outside of the US, is that currently Goby only supports the US, with the promise of further countries to come.

The Android version features

• Browse 350+ neatly organized categories
• Or type freely into the search box
• Covers every city, town & region in the US
• Sort your searches by distance, date, price...
• View results in a list complete with photos
• Or flip through listings in a map view
• Share finds via Facebook, Twitter or email
• Oh yeah, it's free!

more cool stuff coming soon

• save & organize listings
• add your own listings with photos
• international coverage