If you’re not taking advantage of the free content on iTunes Store, you’re really missing out. Podcasts are great, but less well-known is iTunes U. Check it out: [Apple - Education - iTunes U - Introduction]

• iPhone 3G was the No. 1 US smartphone based on units sales from June through August, outselling the Blackberry Curve, Blackberry Pearl, and Palm Centro
• 17% share of the overall US smartphone market
• #2 amongst all phones, behind Motorola’s RAZR V3
• 30% switched from other mobile carriers to join AT&T
• Two independent Apple analysts issued a report suggesting that Apple has more than surpassed its self-imposed goal of selling more than 10 million iPhones during the 2008 calendar year

[From AppleInsider | iPhone 3G now the second best-selling US mobile handset]

the first ‘google phone’ was announced today: the tmobile/HTC G1. putting aside all other comparisons to the iphone, just look at it:

• plastic-y, cheap build quality: check
• old palm pilot-era buttons at the bottom: check
• horrible font in the web browser: check

though it does seem like a huge step forward compared to the winmobile phones out there.

Remember when NBC left iTunes a year ago? Well, they’re back - probably after realizing that they’re missing out on making gobs and gobs of money selling on iTunes. TV shows are now available in HD quality, and they’re giving away free episodes of top shows: NBC Free Episodes

total blast from the past…[App Store]

Get the audio & video of all the speeches…for free, on iTunes:

i originally thought chosr.com was going to be quicksilver for the web, but it turns out ubiquity is so much better. this rocks:

Ubiquity for Firefox from Aza Raskin on Vimeo.

August 19, 2008 (Computerworld) Apple Inc. trounced rival computer makers selling Windows-equipped PCs by historic margins in an annual customer satisfaction survey, the poll’s chief researcher said today.

“We haven’t seen anything like this before, where a company scores 10 points over its nearest rival,” said Claes Fornell, the head of the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI), conducted quarterly by the University of Michigan.

Apple’s customer satisfaction score of 85, an ACSI record in the personal computer category, was 10 points higher than the closest competitor, Dell Inc.; 12 points higher than Hewlett-Packard Co.; and 13 higher than Gateway, which was acquired by Acer last year.

[From Apple clobbers competition in customer satisfaction survey]