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As if you needed another reason to covet the iPhone, in comes AOL Radio streaming unlimited music to the phone-with-a-thousand-uses. With the download of the AOL Radio App from the soon-to-be-opened App Store, iPhone users can stream the over 200 AOL radio stations. Thanks to a new partnership between CBS and AOL, users will also have access to all 150+ CBS terrestrial radio stations around the country. The application will even determine your location and stream the closest CBS station to you.

Of course, this technology will be ad driven, but it's a small price to pay for the vast variety of genres that this type of service brings. Directly competing with iTunes, it's an interesting issue Apple needs to consider when it comes to what applications can and cannot be created.

Can Apple really limit the technologies of the applications in the App Store without going under fire? There has already been a bit of an outcry over Apple possibly limiting GPS applications. In order for Apple to remain the good guy over companies like Microsoft, it's going to have to allow users to have a lot of freedom in what's built for the iPhone.

Steve Jobs, in his usual beltless garb (why does he think this is a good idea?), introduced the hotly anticipated 3G iPhone, complete with GPS, better battery life, improved audio, a flush headphone jack, thinner edges, and a lower sticker price. When it's released on July 11th, it will be available in a black 8GB model for $199 and a black or white 16GB version for $299 (unfortunately, there's still no avoiding a NEW 2-year contract with AT&T, and I'd love to have the option of only getting a data plan.)

Apple announced other strides that sweeten the deal including a new version of the iPhone operating system, iPhone 2.0, that features automatic push capabilities with Microsft Exchange ActiveSync, application distribution through the App Store, Microsoft Office and iWork document support, bulk deletion of messages, live contact searching, ability to save photos received in emails, parental controls, language support, and a horizontal scientific calculator. Even if you don't get a new iPhone, the upgrade is free, and iPod Touch owners pay $9.99.  read more »

Chris Martin and his band Coldplay promote their upcoming album Viva La Vida in a new Apple iTunes ad.  Martin reportedly really loves Apple. I mean, he did name his daughter after the company, right?