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BeamME, the iPhone/iPod Touch application that lets you send contact information wirelessly to any other phone or email address has now integrated with Twitter, allowing you to beam your contact info by entering in anyone's Twitter profile information. At the same time, rmbrME, the company behind the beamME applications, has also just introduced another app to their suite, this one is called beamME Pitch. With the new app, you can now send documents from phone to phone, phone to email, phone to SMS, or even phone to Twitter.

If you have an iPod Touch, then you know the benefit of finding apps that work offline. But some iPhone owners, too, need offline access from time-to-time. Maybe you spend your commute in an underground subway or perhaps your office building has shoddy cell coverage, or maybe you just want to use your iPhone on a plane...whatever the reason, offline access to apps is still a necessary evil these days.

Over the weekend, a debate raged across the tech blogosphere concerning the risks involved in developing for the iPhone platform.

What prompted the debate in the first place was Apple's decision to reject an app known as the Podcaster, which would have permitted you to listen to podcasts without first downloading them in iTunes. Because the app "duplicates the functionality of the Podcast section of iTunes," says Apple, they decided to reject it from inclusion in the App store.

Today, Apple released the 'major' firmware update for the iPhone Steve Jobs announced earlier this week and which had already been available for the iPod touch since Tuesday. According to Apple, this update will fix the connectivity and battery life issues a lot of users had with their phones. Apple also released a fix for iTunes 8 after users reported repeated system crashes on their Windows machines after upgrading to the latest version.

Do you have an iPhone? Are you a blogger? Then you're going to love this news - there's now a WordPress app for iPhone available for download from the iTunes App Store. The software lets you update your WordPress blog from anywhere. We're not forgiving Apple for that MobileMe nonsense just yet, but we have to admit, this is pretty good stuff.

Apple's App Store for the iPhone and iPod touch has been growing quickly over the weekend. Close to 250 applications have been added since Friday. As Medialets reports, at the same time, the average price of those applications has dropped. Interestingly, free applications are getting higher average ratings from their users than paid apps.

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Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen says that, with or without Apple's blessing, the company plans to develop a Flash player for the iPhone/iPod touch platform.

During yesterday's earnings call (see SeekingAlpha transcript), Narayen told investors that that Flash was "synonymous with the Internet and frankly, anybody who wants to browse the web and experience the web’s glory really needs Flash support".