Time to notify the people who love music gadgets in their lives:

LOS ANGELES — Carlos Gomez could be the recording industry’s ideal mobile music customer. His phone is his music player of choice and he spends about $100 a month buying songs for it - often on impulse after hearing a tune on his car radio.iPhone may not rock music industry (The Pantagraph)

Apple iPhones ruled the US consumer electronics world over the weekend, flying out of shops with new owners who proclaim to love them despite their flaws.iPhones loved despite flaws (AFP via Yahoo! News)

TOKYO - Air guitars just got real. Japanese toy makers unveiled “air guitar” gadgets at the annual Tokyo International Toy Show that, thanks to heat and motion sensors, actually make music.Air guitars get real at Tokyo show (The New Zealand Herald)

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) — Carlos Gomez could be the recording industry’s ideal mobile music customer.Will iPhone rock music industry? (CNN.com)

Glen Ryan Comacho screams as he leaves with his two iPhones at the Apple Store, 29 June 2007 in New York. The future of Apple’s much ballyhooed and eagerly anticipated iPhones is finally in the hands of devotees of the iconic company’s culture-altering gadgets.iPhones loved despite flaws (TODAYonline)

The future of Apple’s much ballyhooed and eagerly anticipated iPhones is finally in the hands of devotees of the iconic company’s culture-altering gadgets.iPhone fever surges at launch (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Cell phones and other hand-held gadgets always seem to fail near the end of a day that has drained the energy from batteries (and owners).Your Tech (Austin American-Statesman)

The writer is president of Demi Music Corp. In response to “To own song, I’ll pay extra 30 cents” (June 17): As a point of clarity, you never own the song and the recording of that song. What you own is a copy of the song and the recording of that song. The owners of the song are generally music publishers, and the owners of the recording of the song are generally record companies. For example, …You never own song (The Charlotte Observer)

The big drawback: There are no industry standards, so not all sets will work with all the electronic gadgets buyers may want to use.The big drawback: There are no industry standards, so not all sets will work with all the electronic gadgets buyers may … (Reading Eagle)

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