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Well, we didn’t think we’d ever see this.  AT&T is tethering in iPhone OS4 beta 4!  We are finally going to get tethering here in the US this summer.  Shut up, everyone else!

Just for giggles, we called. “AT&T doesn’t offer tethering at this time” and the website just takes you to your account.

We do like the sound of Air Display, a new solution from Avatron which turns your iPad into a mini-monitor for your Mac.

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Is Twitter preparing to introduce its very own Twitter app for the iPhone? Signals suggest this is the case, as popular client Tweetie 2 has disappeared from the App Store, shortly after Twitter acquired the app.

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Engadget breaks down Palm’s buyout by HP as detailed in its SEC statement on the matter with some very interesting little tidbits.  It breaks down like this:

• In February, Palm realized it needed outside help.  Options included a buyout or selloff of assets (patents) or licensing of WebOS
• 16 companies were targeted and contacted about a buyout or other options.  In March, Palm decided that a full buyout was the best option 
• HP and two others wanted to buy the company.  Two more made offers to buy patents/license WebOS.
• It eventually came down to HP and ‘Company C’ who “told Palm it wasn’t raising its acquisition offer [which was only 20 cents/share below HP], but offered to buy patents and take a nonexclusive license to webOS for $800 million.”
• HP and Palm completed the deal from April 24-28th when it was announced.

Company C sounds a lot like HTC to me.  Remember that the HP deal was announced on the 28th but was probably finalized earlier.  

Don’t forget HTC sold its soul to the devil made a patent sharing deal with Microsoft on April 27.  That sounds like Plan B.  Buying Palm was probably Plan A in its patent battle against Apple but it probably became too expensive.

Other payers involved could have been Dell, Motorola, Lenovo, Nokia and a few others, including Apple.

Apple has begun beta testing the next iteration of MobileMe Mail.

Subscribers to the service are being offered the chance to sign-up to try the beta if they wish.

Apple states:

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This seems pretty exciting — it has already driven leading music industry blogger, Bob Lefsetz, to remark,

Shop at Amazon? Own an iPad? Then you may like this free shopping-focused iPad app, which lets you explore other retailers too.

Developers (Amazon) say this will give you a

iPad owners on the hunt for a decent Facebook client may want to take a look at Sobees

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Square shipped its iPad app last month, today the company

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The general election takes place in the UK today. Arguably the first major UK election in which social networks such as Twitter and Facebook may have an effect on how people decide where to place their

Disney-owned comic publisher, Marvel Entertainment, has introduced a new (and free) Iron Man application for the iPhone and iPod touch. The app offers fans of the movie video clips, news, downloadable wallpapers, ticket purchasing and more. It

Though the product has gotten mixed reviews (good for EDGE connections, not so much for everything else), Opera Software has something interesting to reveal today.  In just two weeks since the release of the Opera Mini browser for the iPhone, installation on the device has eclipsed those of all other compatible mobile device platforms.

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Not entirely sure how useful this is going to be once it does make it, but the latest images of Microsoft

Apple seems set to make an even mightier push at the games market, hiring in Nintendo games expert, Matt Casamassina (pictured), of the IGN gaming site. Casamassina becomes Global Editorial Games Manager.

“Beginning early May, I will join Apple as global editorial games manager, App Store,” Casamassina said. “In a nutshell, I will be leading the charge for games on the App Store, so whether you browse through iTunes, iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad, the games content you see will be handpicked and organized by me and my team. I couldn’t be happier,” he writes on his blog.

A well-known Nintendo expert, Casamassina added, “if there is one company that could entice me away from covering Mario and Zelda it’s the one owned by Steve Jobs.

The free app is the top downloaded in all markets tracked by Apple.