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Google gave a rundown of things to expect in the new app and, from the initial response, it looks like the app is going to be a hit. You get cheap international calls, free text messages, voicemail transcription and access to your Google Voice Caller ID.

All of this was already available in the web app Google built, the native app brings push notifications for new text messages and voicemail. It will also enable users to call via Direct Access Numbers, meaning they'll be able to dial the number they want and call it through Voice directly.

Previously, users had to pick the number and then wait for a call from Google Voice which then connected them to the number they wanted to reach.

For Google Voice iPhone users, it's a dream come true, more so because it has been 16 months in the making.

While Google doesn't mention anything about the long wait or the dispute with Apple, those wanting to use the service on their iPhones remember it well.

Google submitted the app back in summer 2009. However, Apple gave no response and the app was not accepted into the App Store, nor was it rejected outright.

There was nothing Google could do about that, the company and the users were at the mercy of Apple. When pressed for an answer as to why the app wasn't approved, Apple said Google Voice replicated core functionality available on the iPhone and, as such, was against the App Store's policies.

Google had no way of forcing Apple to approve the app so it built a HTML5 Google Voice app instead. While the app went a long way towards bringing Voice functionality to the iPhone it was still fairly limited in its capabilities.

Earlier this fall, Apple eased back on some of the policies regarding the App Store and has now finally approved the Google Voice app after a 16 months 'review.'

eBuddy is a web and mobile messenger which lends support to several instant messaging services and claims to be one of the most popular IM apps with more than five million downloads. The newly unleashed free iPhone app now lets users stay online and receive Push Notifications for their incoming messages even when they exit the app.

Owners can seamlessly chat with the help of a horizontal keyboard. What’s more, the app bundles together AIM, MSN / Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo!, Facebook Chat, GTalk, MySpace, Hyves and ICQ buddies in one list. Users can swap between chats simply by swiping the screen and send a buzzer just by shaking the iPhone.

Besides, owners can update themselves with message alerts and typing alerts on the chat screen. Users can also avail of a premium version of eBuddy, while eBuddy Pro puts forth an exceptional chat experience with themes. It offers Push Notifications for seven days and enables owners to set their display image from phone memory or camera.

Apart from all this interesting elements, the app offers emoticons, sound & vibration and Group chat support. Users can view display picture, personal message and status of buddies. Owners can reconnect easily when connection is lost. In addition, users can view all offline messages. The latest version 4.0.2 has advanced Facebook chat.

Users can now download the interesting eBuddy Pro App from the App Store.

Celeb-obsessed people can now keep a tab on what their favourite stars are doing—thanks to a new iPhone application.Celebspotter allows users to keep up with the hottest hangouts used by the famous.

They will also get entertainment listings for just 1.79 pounds, reports the Daily Star.

The service, available from Apple’s iPhone App Store, uses content drawn from 20 different news and gossip sites.

OK! magazine spokes-man Farzad Jamal said the App is an “extension of our brand and passion for glamour”

Celeb Spotter, also known as “CSpotter,” is the first celebrity platform to bring attention to their whereabouts and activities. CSpotter gives celebrities, luminaries, tastemakers and renown individuals an opportunity to expand their fame by posting details on where they are, what they are doing, where they are going and parties and events going on in the works. It's like a unified celebrity Twitter feed!

Imagine having a secret tool in your pocket that feeds you hundreds of celebrity sightings a month - all in real-time as they happen. OMFG! CSpotter lets you easily locate celebrities in the LA area and beyond as the popularity of the app expands. With a network of well-connected CSpotters at your disposal, you will have the power of knowing where all your favorite stars are when they’re off camera. Tabloids and blogs are so passé. Be the gossip go-to with CSpotter!

A hacker who goes by the name of David Wang has just done something to prove that platforms of competing smartfone companies can indeed be compromised. 

David posted a video on the 'Linux on the iPhone' blog demonstrating how Google Android can be booted onto a first-generation iPhone. He suggested that Android could be ported to all versions of Apple’s smartphones, a move that seemed greeted positively by many of the blog’s supporters.

In his blog, David also said, "At some point this summer, Apple will release the iPhone OS 4, which will include features such as multitasking and an 'iAd' mobile applicationadvertising platform. Lack of multitasking has been one of the traditional complaints lodged against the iPhone, and used as a selling point for smartphones running the multitasking-capable Google Android."