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"iPhone - I've got to say I love the look and feature set of the iPhone, which (astoundingly) seems to be living up to the hype.  It has a 3.5-inch 480 x 320 touchscreen display, runs OS X and supports Widgets, Google Maps, Safari and iTunes.  I can't find an excuse to write about it with a social networking spin, but Engadget has good coverage. (Disclosure: I'm an Apple shareholder.)\nMini Friday - News of this one has been floating around since December, but the folks behind Habbo Hotel got in touch today to talk about Mini Friday, their research project on virtual worlds on mobile phones.  It works on selected Nokia S60 phones, and there's no doubt they have ambitions for Habbo in the mobile space.\nTruphone Funded - Truphone, a London-based startup which offers free mobile-mobile calls over WiFi and is currently in beta, has closed a series A round of $24.5m led by Wellington Partners.  That's a lotta dough.  (via)\nBoxbe Funded - Boxbe, the nonsensical service that wants people to sign up for permission-based marketing messages via email has raised $1.5 million.  (via)"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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