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Less than a day after the Verizon iPhone 4 went on sale to the general public, both Apple and Verizon have pushed back the estimated shipping deadline for new orders to Feb. 18.

Nuance knows dictation, as they produce Dragon NaturallySpeaking, arguably the best speech recognition program on any platform.

There are a lot of space geeks out there. You know the type; they wake up in the early hours of the morning to watch launch coverage or live feeds from the International Space Station, they follow NASA astronauts on Twitter, and they're married to people in the space biz. Oh, wait - that's me!

The official word from AT&T is that iPhone MMS will arrive "late morning" Pacific time, or early afternoon Eastern time. You'll have to plug into a computer and hit up iTunes to get the update, but it's not clear exactly when MMS will turn on, so just have to keep refreshing until you get the go-ahead.

My iPhone 3G normally resides in a case of some sort-the iFrogz 3G Luxe for normal use, and the Incase Power Slider when using the iPhone for GPS during a round of golf. (Sadly, the Power Slider is out of production now; you may be able to find leftovers at Best Buy, Target, or the Apple Store. It does a great job at making battery life a non-issue, even during five hours of intense GPS use.)

IS there a good way to nail down a steady income? In this economy?

This morning a few tech blogs are highlighting some choice quotes from a Melinda Gates interview that appears in the most recent issue of Vogue. According to the Vogue piece, the couple has forbidden their three children from using iPods and iPhones and has made their home a no iPod/iPhone zone (no word on other Apple products).

The Apple iPhone was available in stores this morning, with Etisalat sales staff setting up special sales booths in retail outlets including Virgin Megastores and iStyle, an officially licensed Apple reseller.

We are thrilled to announce the launch of our new, free ABC News iPhone application.

Your friend just asked if you had heard this incredible story on NPR this morning, but you missed it because, well, you were still in the sack. You could go to NPR's web site and search for the program, but you'd have to start up the computer, and you're already late. Why not just listen to it on your iPhone?

San Diego-based digital music service Slacker released a new, iPhone version of the firm's Internet radio service this morning through Apple's App Store this morning, making the firm's Internet radio service available through the iPhone and iPod touch.

Chipotle Mexican Grill's (NYSE: CMG) (NYSE: CMG-B) first foray into Apple's (Nasdaq: AAPL) App Store was a lot like one of its signature burritos: rushed to order, digested quickly, and gone before you knew it.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc said it will start selling Apple Inc's iPhone on Sunday, but the popular cell phones that can surf the web will not be priced as low as some anticipated.

During the hypefest leading up to the introduction of the iPhone in 2007, some overexcited pundits dubbed the device the "Jesus phone." Thanks to the efforts of a clever Italian priest, the iPhone might just have earned that lofty title.

In keeping with the morning's theme of alerting you to new Mercedes-Benz web entities debuting this week, Mercedes-Benz USA (with the help of 29HD) has released a new C63 AMG iPhone application for your portable viewing pleasure. I finally got a chance to download the application today, and after doing so, here are my initial observations after using the new app.