At first glance, it may look like a credit / membership card of sorts, but the GoGoStand is actually a functional iPhone stand that’s priced at just $5 — “can also be adjusted into three different viewing angles.” Video after the break.
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In between watching those Sunday NFL games, we’re hoping that you’re snacking on some TUAW goodness. For your munching pleasure I thought I’d cook up some of the interesting tidbits that have accumulated in our inbox this morning and present them to you for consumption.
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Apple sold about 45 million iPhones and iPod touch devices after two years on the market. How does that compare against some other top gadgets?
It’s nowhere near the number of RAZRs that Motorola sold in its first two years — about 75 million, RBC estimates. But it’s on par with Nintendo’s Wii, and ahead of Sony’s PSP and PS2.
No one can accuse Sony of false modesty. It claims that the SRS-DB500 2.1 PC audio system launching today will “blow all other PC speakers off the stage.”
The 300W DB500s also go by the name of ‘mu-te-ki’, meaning ‘invincible’ in Japanese.
I have bought all three generations of iPhones on launch day, but I cannot take it any longer. In the end, it was rejection of Google Voice from the App Store that drove me to this point, but that was just the tip of the spear. Whether it is their refusal to let other gadgets such as the Palm Pre interface with iTunes, or their Draconian App Store procedures…I simply cannot support them with a clear conscience, which is why I chose to end the life of my iPhone in this manner instead of …
![skank flyer 250x283 Weekend Update, 8.29.09–The "Skank" Issue [Digital Daily]](http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/files/2009/08/skank-flyer-250x283.png "Weekend Update, 8.29.09–The \"Skank\" Issue [Digital Daily]")
As of this week, pretty much anyone can tell you–”Skank” blogging just doesn’t pay. Unless your $15 million privacy lawsuit against Google ends up going your way, that is. Rosemary Port–the person who used Blogger to anonymously insult former model Liskula Cohen–was unmasked last week after months of speculation, and promptly sued Google (GOOG) for turning over her information. Hilarity ensued, complete with duelling morning TV appearances. More details on MediaMemo, though Peter doesn’t usually follow that kind of stuff. Looks like Amazon’s Kindle has a couple of new competitors. Sony’s (SNE) “Reader Daily Edition” and Barnes & Noble’s (BKS) and Irex’s as-yet-unnamed Kindle-like device will join Barnes & Noble and Plastic Logic’s as-yet-unnamed Kindle-like device on the playing field. Apple (AAPL) approved at least one app this week–the one for Spotify, which is rumored to be “the best streaming music service in the world.” But as MediaMemo points out, that’s worthless without any deals with big music companies.
China Unicom announced today in a press release that they will begin selling the iPhone in the 4th quarter.
On 28 August, the Company and Apple reached a three-year agreement for the Company to sell iPhone in China. The initial launch is expected to be in the fourth calendar quarter of 2009. This will provide users with brand new communication and information experience.
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As U.S. retail sales dropped 9% in the first six months of 2009, sales at Apple (AAPL) stores increased by 2.5% to $3 billion compared to the same period last year, Bloomberg reports.
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