Michael Jackson Tickets – Presale

Michael Jackson has today announced a string of concerts at the O2 Arena in the UK. For full details visit the O2

If you have an iPhone, chances are you are on the O2 network. But did you know you can use your O2 SIM card to get Michael Jackson Concert Tickets before they go on general sale?

That’s right, beat the queues with O2 Priority Tickets. Visit the O2 blueroom to join up and receive a free text message inviting you to purchase your Michael Jackson tickets before they go on general sale!

Of course this is for more than just Micheal Jackson, you can opt in to receive notification of any artist’s tour dates and buy priority tickets for any concert you want to attend.

Another reason to get yourself a free iPhone.

Michael Jackson was due to make a “special announcement” in London this afternoon, but has had his thunder stolen after posters were put up throughout the underground revealing he will play 10 concerts at the 02 arena this July.

Despite the posters’ appearance, the singer is still expected at the 02 arena later this afternoon to address an already-waiting press swarm.

The revealed 10-night run is shorter than anticipated, but will be a relief to some fans who wondered if the fallen superstar could fill the 20,000-capacity arena night-after-night.

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Mozilla backs EFF in iPhone Jailbreak Support

Mozilla has expressed its support to the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s push to have the U.S. Copyright Office allow iPhone jailbreaking.

Mozilla CEO John Lilly said that “choice is good for users, and choice shouldn’t be criminalized,” in light of the dispute between the EFF and Apple over whether or not iPhone jailbreaking–the practice of modifying an iPhone to accept software from sources other than Apple–is a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

Apple recently declared that jailbreaking an iPhone is a violation of copyright and can cause problems with the iPhone.

Mozilla have a version of the Firefox mobile browser, Fennec, which would obviously be a great addition to the iPhone for Firefox fans but Lilly admitted that Mozilla would probably not develop an iPhone version of Fennec even if Apple was forced to open up the iPhone.

“Given the choice, would we work on a platform where the sole company controlling it makes us unwelcome, or would we work on a platform, like Linux, where we are welcome? The answer is going to be easy for us,” said Lilly.

Get your free iPhone and see what all the fuss is about.

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Apple rejects Barack Obama trampoline iPhone application

Apple has barred an iPhone application in which users bounce Barack Obama on a trampoline from going on sale at its iTunes online store.

The trampoline game, seemingly light-hearted – features cartoon caricatures of Barack Obama and around 20 Democrat and Republican politicians including Sarah Palin, Hillary Clinton and a trouser-less Bill Clinton.

Players move the iPhone, using its motion detection to control the direction and height the politicians jump, and can even direct them to pop balloons hanging from the ceiling.

If you want this app, tough luck – because Apple has refused to distribute the Obama trampoline app, apparently because it makes fun of Mr Obama and other leaders.

You can get loads of free iPhone apps from the app store though so don’t worry, I’m sure you’ll find something to amuse yourself on your free iphone.

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ITN launches iPhone news app

British news agency ITN has launched a video-focused news iPhone application. The video news app, , has climbed to the number eight most downloaded free app since its launch over a week ago on the App Store and is the most downloaded free news app. Get yourself a free iPhone and experiment with all the great apps from this free iPhone site.

ITN’s head of new media Ave Wrigley said that the iPhone app was ad-funded, and that they had chosen not to make it a paid-for app in order to attract users.  They see the iPhone app, which took three months to develop and “considerable investment,” as a test and will follow up the free iPhone app with Android, Blackberry and Symbian versions if the iPhone app proves successful. ITN currently has an app built with Google Gears that can determine the user’s location and serve up relevant stories.