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iPhone in 2010: Mobile Commerce, Social Networking Star

The App Store and the iPhone really grew up last year, setting the stage for even bigger things to come this year. Expect social networking to become a key part of the iPhone experience, big new app players, and the start of a mobile commerce tidal wave.

Apple’s App Store is fast becoming the social hub of the mobile world, where we chat and play games with friends, catch movie trailers, shop for everyday things and even get a little work done.

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Google Voice Comes to iPhone, Palm Pre

The spat that erupted last summer among Google, Apple and AT&T over Google Voice remains unresolved, which means the app for the popular call routing and calling service from Google is still not available on the iPhone.

But Google is not waiting for a thaw in the frosty standoff. The company is following up on its vow to bring Google Voice to the iPhone “one way or the other,” in the words of Vic Gundotra, the vice president of engineering for mobile apps at Google.

On Tuesday, Google unveiled a spruced-up mobile Web version of Google Voice tailored to the iPhone, as well as the Palm Pre. Vincent Paquet, senior product manager for Google Voice, said the new mobile Web version of the product is as good as the native app, which runs on Android mobile phones.

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