This is bad news for people who have an iPhone 3G or 3GS, an iPod touch or the original iPad.

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Additionally, state-of-the-art iPod features such as custom playlists and Genius, which instantly creates a playlist of songs that go well together from a user's own library, is immediately made available to BMW and MINI drivers through the vehicle's main display. iPod Out requires iOS 4 with iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 and iPod touch (second and third generation).

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Like all Kindle apps, the new Kindle apps built for Android and Windows tablet computers will let customers "Buy Once, Read Everywhere"-on Kindle, Kindle 3G, Kindle DX, iPad, iPod touch, iPhone, Mac, PC, BlackBerry, and Android-based devices.

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Verizon has unleashed two touch-screen 3G smartphones recently that match the new iPhone in speed and visual impact.

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"3G unleashes the iPhone's high-res screen, multi-touch interface, full-featured browser and media experiences, " Abramsky wrote in a note to investors Monday.

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Shazam (and competitor Midori), both allow you to purchase songs you've tagged but, as is with all iPhone and iPod touch applications, the only option for music purchase is the iTunes store, now available over 3G connections as well as Wi-Fi.

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In its latest operating system update, Apple introduced iMessage, which allows iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch users to send each other unlimited text messages using Wi-Fi or 3G connections (in other words, in the worst case arbitraging the data plan and in the best, using an open backhaul connection for free).

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