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Facebook Lite launches, Sprint offers network-agnostic unlimited cell-to-cell calling, Apple approves Rhapsody iPhone app

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Computing, Mobile | by Samuel Axon | Thu Sep 10, 2009 7:00PM | 0 comments

Facebook launched "Facebook Lite," a stripped down version of the site intended for new users who are either overwhelmed by complex features, or who are on slow internet connections. So far it has only launched in the United States and India.

It's the norm for wireless carriers to let you make calls to other customers in that same network without using up minutes, but Sprint is doing one better. In a new $70 per month plan that also includes unlimited data and SMS messaging, you get unlimited minutes to any cell phone number in North America. The plan offers 450 monthly minutes to land lines.

Apple has approved an iPhone app for the music service Rhapsody, which is a direct competitor to iTunes. Unlike Pandora and other streaming music apps, Rhapsody is on demand — meaning it's not a radio playlist. You can listen to whichever song you want, when you want.

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