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After what can only be described as a disastrous launch for the 3G iPhone, I would now suspect that every iPhone customer has Apple’s latest 2.0 software (as well as some of Apple’s iPod Touch customers – I say ‘some’ because it costs £5.99).
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After what can only be described as a disastrous launch for the 3G iPhone, I would now suspect that every iPhone customer has Apple’s latest 2.0 software (as well as some of Apple’s iPod Touch customers – I say ‘some’ because it costs £5.99).
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Chicken update!!! We have a couple of chickens in the garden that we keep as pets, just chuck them some food every day and out pops an egg - fantastic isn’t it!?
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