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IPhone owners are excited to get their hands on the augmented reality applications that we wrote about last week, such as the one for finding nearby subways or for tracking down Twitter neighbors.

But Apple is telling developers that it won't make them publicly available on the App Store until September.

Augmented reality is a mesmerizing software breed that overlays useful info onto a real-world view using the iPhone's camera. Because it relies heavily on the compass — in addition to other smart-phone features such as the GPS and Internet connection — only users of the new iPhone 3GS will be able to install them.

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  Two big gaming companies have made stark moves towards some major iPhone development in the future. Electronic Arts has made what seems to be the strongest move: they’ve put together a division in the company specifically for making iPhone games…
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  When Facebook Connect first launched for the iPhone in March, we said that it would “[open] up many new avenues for developers (and users).” Indeed, Facebook Connect means…
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  Tapjoy announced today it has launched a new version of its monetization platform for iPhone apps and is also partnering with analytics firm Pinch Media. The aim is to…

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