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It’s been a long and difficult road for the folks at Dots & Lines, not entirely sure why their Carbon Twitter app for Windows Phone was rejected four times before the good folks of the internet, and the Windows Phone team, kindly stepped up and fixed what was broken.

I had a chance to buy and try the .99 Twitter app and it’s definitely the best one in the Marketplace, at least for now. Between it and Rowi (whose version 2.0 is currently in Release Candidate status, and is coming soon) the Windows Phone Twitter app scene is improving prodigiously.

Carbon recalls its webOS heritage in its feature set but does so with a Metro styling that’s all WP7. With multiple account support, inline picture viewing, a plethora of configurable Live Tiles, including Mention and DM background checks (but no push notifications, alas) and a host of other great features, it’s pretty well-rounded. Push notifications, along with inline video and performance improvements, are coming in version 1.2 next week.

At the moment there is no trial version, but the company’s blog says that will be added in the coming days.

Check out Carbon for Windows Phone in the Marketplace here, and let us know if you like it!

Source: MobileJaw

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Apple WWDC 2011 conference is on right now and finally there is some talk about iOS and Scott Forstall is on stage. He stated that Apple has over 200 million iOS devices “and that makes iOS the #1 mobile operating system. With more than 44% of the market…” We’re guessing that is everything such as the iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch.

-In regards to iPad number: sold 25 million iPads in the first 14months.
- In total there are 425,000 apps available, 90,000 on the iPad
- 14 billion apps have been downloaded from the App Store
- “iOS 5 is a major release”… 10 new features coming
- Notifications: “Notification Center”. Now you can get your notifications by simply swiping your finger down from the top of the iPhone (like the experience on Android)
- Twitter in iOS 5 is now fully integrated – in the apps our apps, within the camera and gallery and update the contact photos right from Twitter.
- Camera: They have added a lock screen shortcut feature plus editing pics from the iPhone
- Wireless syncing!! – Software updates are now over the air! (Finally!)
- “iMessage” (messaging client that supports iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch where you can send texts, photos, videos to your contacts contacts (kinda like BBM)
- iOS 5 is available today for devs but to the general public this fall. (iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4, iPad and iPad 2 and iPod Touch 3rd Gen)

Source: Thisismynext

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TS2R Wireless News from Wireless and Mobile News

BlackBerry Twitter 1.1 Out – Twitter for BlackBerry version 1.1 is free and now available in BlacBerry App World. New features include location for Tweets, updated interface and streamlined layout for Add Photo and Add Locations on the Home screen.

Cheaper Kindle with Ads Added – Amazon has launched a cheaper version of it Kindle Wi-Fi eReader called Amazon Kindle with Special Offers for 4 with screensaver adds by Amazon partners.

Sprint Music Plus Debuts – Sprint is offering a new music service, Sprint Music Plus, powered by RealNetworks. The service features playlists, ringack tones, music search by  artist/title/keyword, organization features, previews and reccomendations.   DRM-free full tracks range from .69 to .29 per song.
Customers are charged for music on their Sprint bill.

Cricket Moves to Muve Music in More States -Cricket Muve Music is now available in new Cricket markets across the nation. Beginning today Muve Music will be available in Lexington and Louisville, KY; Cincinnati and Dayton, OH; Kansas City and St. Louis, MO; Pittsburgh, PA; San Antonio, Del Rio-Eagle Pass, El Paso, McAllen, Laredo, Brownsville, Corpus Christi and Harlingen, TX; Portland, Eugene and Salem, OR; Salt Lake City, UT; and Albuquerque, Santa Fe and Las Cruces, NM.

Verizon & Motorola Win Harris Poll - Verizon was named the Mobile Networks Brand of the Year among consumers according to the 2011 Harris Poll EquiTrend study. Motorola placed first for mobile phones followed by HTC, Sony Ericsson, Nokia and Apple.

Full news stories today included new trademarked HTC names, T-Mobile Mobile 4G Hotspot, AT&T LG Thrive prepaid smartphone and HTC Sensation announcement by T-Mobile. 

WIRELESS AND MOBILE NEWS

Dejal Systems, LLC today is pleased to announce Tweeps version 2.0 for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. Tweeps is a Twitter companion app. It isn’t a full Twitter client – you can’t post tweets from it. Instead, it is a tool to manage your Twitter account. Edit your name, bio text, website URL and location, plus follow/unfollow people, see if someone follows you, block people, and find people. To celebrate the addition of iPad support, Tweeps is available completely free for a limited time.

Edit Your Account Information – Add multiple accounts to Tweeps, and easily edit them:
* Edit the name displayed for your account.
* Change the biographical text – the description you write about yourself.
* Edit the website URL, previewing it in an integrated web browser.
* Set your current location using the device’s GPS, or type a less specific location, and preview on an integrated map view.

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