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Yesterday, relatively quietly, Microsoft Live Labs released its first iPhone application. Seadragon Mobile is now available in the app store for free and it represents a pretty big step for the gang in Redmond. As popular as the iPhone is, it was bound to happen sooner or later but Microsoft’s entry into the iPhone app game is interesting on several levels, as is its explanation of the move. But first things first – what’s the app? Seadragon Mobile is essentially a demo of Seadragon photo technology on Apple’s mobile platform. Implemented in Microsoft’s Photosynth software, Seadragon allows for smooth zooming and panning on a photo by storing it at several different resolutions and displaying only the pieces needed at a given time. Sneaky. When discussing the reasoning behind choosing the iPhone as the platform for Seadragon Mobile, Microsoft basically pointed to the iPhone’s superior hardware when compared to “most phones out today”. Alex Daley, group product manager for Microsoft Live Labs, had this to say:

The iPhone is the most widely distributed phone with a (graphics processing unit). Most phones out today don’t have accelerated graphics in them. The iPhone does and so it enabled us to do something that has been previously difficult to do. I couldn’t just pick up a BlackBerry or a Nokia off the shelf and build Seadragon for it without GPU support.

Hmm. Seadragon Mobile comes with around 50 sample images that users can play with and Photosynth users will also be able to browse their synths, in 2D at least. It will definitely be interesting to see where Microsoft takes this, and also when some Windows Mobile-powered hardware might be deemed capable enough to get some Seadragon love.

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All you potential iPhone 3G buyers who loathe the thought of having to go into an AT&T store to activate your newly purchased phone can rejoice today as AT&T has finally enabled home activation for the iPhone 3G. This time it is not some convoluted pre-activation process, this is the real deal. Buy the phone online, receive it at your home or office, and activate the phone via iTunes from the comfort of your computer. While we haven’t spoken to any of our ninjas to confirm this yet, we did speak to three customer service reps as well as someone in the office of the President – each confirming that at-home activation is a go. Note that for the time being, it looks like only new account and new line activations apply. Those looking to upgrade your current equipment will still have to head down to a store. Happy iPhone 3G home shopping y’all!

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“Oh, but it doesn’t do copy and paste!” Rejoice, iPhone users, because now you can tell all your friends they’re only half wrong when they tell you your phone is inadequate because of the missing copy/paste feature. Now, thanks to a company called Pastebud, without jailbreaking or downloading any apps from the App Store, you can have copy and paste on your iPhone. But with a catch – or two. First, it only works between Safari and Mail. The other issue is you have to use two bookmarks in Safari to prep the process. Though it is still very limited in copy and paste capabilities, this is definitely a welcome start and bonus. So the next time you hear someone say, “Hey you with the iPhone! Does that thing do copy and paste?”, you say, “Hell yeah it does! Well, kinda…” Hit the read link for a video demonstration.

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