OK, not strictly Text Alerts, but the result is the same, according to a report on about the Associated Press' new news alerts service. Based on a downloadable application, customers will be able to view and select a variety of content, and 'subscribe' to receive the latest in their chosen genres.”Subscribers off the service will be offered AP-branded breaking news and imagery, combined with Picsel's rich mobile content solution, which …

Google is being acquisitive again, this time buying , a company that provides a single number that can be routed to any phone, effectively allowing people to have only one number, regardless of device or location.”GrandCentral's technology fits well into Google's efforts to provide services that enhance the collaborative exchange of information between our users,” said Google, which is based in Mountain View, Calif.Via and .

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Starting Nov. 1, T-Mobile will offer the iPhone exclusively in Germany (with a T-Mobile contract) for approximately 450 euros (roughly $612), Reuters reports.

Also according to Reuters, Vodafone Group in Britain, Telecom in France and Telefonica in Spain have the leg up for partnering with Apple in their respective countries.

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Later this year, select LG phones will allow users to shoot and upload video directly to YouTube.

Of course we all know that video shot on cell phones spells quality. Did I say ‘quality’? I meant ‘empowerment.’

LG has also come …

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Google’s Free 411 competitor, GOOG 411, has to their directory assistance. Customers will now have the option of getting a hyperlink to a map SMSed to them by saying “map it” for any listing in the directory.

It’s not as clean as solution, which lets you interact with listings through a map or the voice interface, but is a first step toward full Google Maps integration with their directory assistance.

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Smashy smashy!

Besides the making the “check this out!” email rounds Monday morning in which some dudes use the highly precise hammer and nail technique, others were not as lucky in their quest to make Apple fanboys cry. The folks at missed …

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What do I do after posting about how iPhone has gotten too much coverage? I post more iPhone coverage.

According to , half of Apple stores on the U.S. West Coast sold out as Apple purportedly sold 500,000 units of its trendy high-end gadget. , that amounts …

of some new reports claiming the mobile games industry will be worth a whole lot more than it is now in a few years, although as usual the figures being quoted vary quite wildly. Leading off, Global Industry Analysts are predicting the mobile games market will top $20 billion by 2010.Earlier this month Gartner predicted that the global mobile games market would hit $9.6 billion by 2011, and yesterday iSuppli predicted the total mobile content market would hit $44 billion by 2011.

I'm not going to post much more about the iPhone, as it's being covered far more by every other mobile site at the moment, however I thought I'd stop by and post this, from , based on analyis from claiming that Apple sold more than half a million iPhones over the launch weekend, which means half a million new AT&T subscribers - something I am sure the telco is very pelased about.