The iPod Touch is evolving from a music player into a full-fledged wi-fi Internet client thanks to features such as e-mail, maps, stocks quotes and weather.

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And Google has already fused online services such as maps, e-mail and its YouTube video service with the iPhone.

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For its part, Google's kicking in not just the operating system, but also an Internet browser designed for mobility (adapted from Apple's Webkit), a calendar, an address book, maps, e-mail and access to Google's online payments system, which can be used to buy things via phones.

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Intermark WebSnake: Formerly called Anawave WebSnake, this utility supports offline browsing, Web-site mirroring (including directory structures), e-mail address retrieval, site maps, and advanced file searches.

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First, the e-mail marketer YesMail, owned by the Internet investor CMGI, sued after MAPS threatened to add them to the RBL. YesMail calls itself a "permission marketer, " meaning that its junk is not entirely unwanted.

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The goal of a third MAPS project is to create a best practices document in cooperation with bulk e-mail companies.

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Everything's in there: MP3 player with stereo speakers, a 5-megapixel camera, DVD-quality video, GPS maps, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, high-speed cellular, spreadsheets, e-mail.

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