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Wondering what ever had happened to those awesome devs that brought Tap Tap Tap to your iPhone? Well, I could tell you a lot about their situation, writing down a few lenghty paragraphs to let you know how they’re doing, but I think it would be best if I summed it all up in two [...]

Now that the rumored launch date of the 3G iPhone is only 3 days away, all the places you’d expect to find the last traces of the old model won’t be able to help you. Neither Apple nor AT&T hold any stocks of the old iPhone, or at least, none that they are willing to [...]

ITV is due to launch a mobile social network around one of its most popular shows, The X-Factor. The broadcaster will use a platform from Australian mobile community provider Loop Mobile, which on Friday completed an IPO ahead of a June 26 market debut, we reported here . This should be interesting; judged and co-produced by American Idol panelist Simon Cowell, The X-Factor is one of the UK's biggest shows and already has strong mobile buy-in - viewers vote on contestants by SMS and, until recently , the show had a three-year sponsorship from Nokia. A successful social net built around the show could integrate voting, message boards, music downloads, even YouTube-style lip-synching. But ITV is embarking on mobile social nets for more than just X-Factor. Upon the IPO, Loop CEO Martin Hoffman said the company will also be providing its services to other ITV programs, starting August ( iTWire ). Looped has previously produced a mobile community for Big Brother Down Under.