Jonathan Takiff: The latest on iPhones, TV shilling, printers & more

0 Comments | Philadelphia Daily News, June, 2009

THE GIZMO:  Two weeks in the consumer- electronics industry is like a year in some other businesses, in terms of breaking news. Consider the following head spinners that fell out of the sky while your Gizmo Guy was out on vacation (but still paying attention).

CONGRESS ON THE PHONE:  Last Friday, AT&T and Apple started selling the new iPhone 3GS models offering faster data processing, video recording, better battery life and voice-activated calling and music controls. And no surprise, folks lined up for hours to buy one. In the first three days, more than one million units were sold. It took 74 days for the first iPhone to reach that pinnacle.

But the latest launch has raised a red flag from Congress, the Rural Telecommunications Alliance and the Federal...

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