Meanwhile, the Catholic Church has given the thumbs up to an iPhone app that can take your confession, though the church says it doesn't wholly replace the traditional version (a priest still has to give you absolution). A subsequent update will make the app even more efficient by just giving it full access to your browser history.

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TechCrunch's MG Siegler weighs in on a ZDNet report over iPhone apps that supposedly won't run on the Verizon iPhone. (Spoiler: it's not true.) I spoke to TeleNav, makers of the app in question, who assured me that the changes made for the Verizon version were related to billing, branding, and some features--not because of any underlying hardware differences. Once again, the only fragmentation in the iPhone app market remains between apps that are worth your time and money, and those that aren't.