I am sorely in need of some positive iPhone news right now. Thank goodness my friend Will Park, over at IntoMobile was on duty today. He posted an item about Netflix possibly ramping up with its own app. This is different from the account management app, which already sits in the store, in that it would stream movies from Netflix customers’ instant watch queues directly to the phone via Wifi.

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New York Minute #1

It’s incredibly useful having an iPhone in New York City. I would give out iPhones instead of maps at my Concierge desk if I could (I’m a Concierge at a major hotel in midtown Manhattan). In a perfect world, everyone would have their own iPhone. Lady Gaga would also do private performances for me and my husband Brad Pitt, but that’s another column. The amount of NYC-based apps available on the App Store is impressive and has vastly improved my otherwise mundane life of eating, drinking, shopping and socializing in the best city in the world.

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