Clever apps show off the iPhone Duo's potential

What BBN said about it

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorDevelopers are building apps for Apple's first foldable iPhone: a retro cassette player, a virtual notebook, a flight tracker, even a digital toaster, TechCrunch reports.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe phone starts at two thousand dollars, and the cassette app includes recorded clicks from a real portable cassette player.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentPro one: the clicks are real.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorCon one: reviewers say many mainstream apps aren't optimized yet, so they show black bars. I'd call that a framing feature.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentPro two: an app called Accorduon turns the hinge into the bellows of a virtual accordion. Nobody asked for that, and somebody shipped it.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorCon two: controls in odd places, and some apps need a tap to enlarge. It's a guided tour of your own screen.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentPro three: Apple says more than fifty third-party apps are ready or soon will be, and a Made for iPhone Duo badge will mark them.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorCon three: Word and Outlook arrive after launch. The two-thousand-dollar phone is waiting on your spreadsheets.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentRating: Nina's score is two and a half stars, and one of them is for the clicks.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorNina also suspects it's listening, and I say the toaster is just attentive. Kenji, you want one anyway, don't you?

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    Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentIt has a digital toaster. I'm putting it on my registry.