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AppleInsider reports that China Unicom has already purchased 5 million iPhones from Apple at a cost of 10 billion Yuan. That amount equates to about $293 per iPhone. The iPhones shipping to China lack Wi-Fi.

It’s hard to grasp exactly how large that order is until you look at the numbers from last quarter and see that Apple sold 5.2 million iPhones globally. The Chinese market has doubled Apple’s iPhone sales.

[via AppleInsider]

A new app for the iPhone called Budgeter has turned up on the app store that is designed to help you save some green each month. The app has calculators that can help you calculate expenses and track where your money goes.

I know I once sat down and went over my budget and found that I spent over $1000 each month eating out. Other features of the application include a hidden expense calculator, monthly cash flow calculator, and a net worth calculator. The app is free to download.

[via InsuranceQuotes]

It seems like the bags go around a hundred times before I can spot mine through the throngs of people. A new app for the iPhone called Bag-claim is now available for $4.99. The app uses your Bluetooth speaker and makes a sort of luggage radar to tell you when your bag is near.

The app can sense the Bluetooth speaker when it’s inside your bag from 75 feet away. As you luggage gets closer, the app gives feedback through visual cues and vibration. Any Bluetooth speaker should work for the applications according to the developer.

[via Bag-claim]

Research firm Frost & Sullivan has released a report that estimates by 2014 all application stores combines will have reached 6.67 billion total downloads. That is certainly not hard to imagine considering how many apps are downloaded from Apple alone.

The research firm says that its predictions are based on prepaid and postpaid users. The estimates also cover SMS and MMS, mobile Internet, iPhone, Android, Windows Mobile, Palm, and Symbian platforms. One main driver of adoption will be the large number of free or cheap apps available on various platforms.

[via Frost & Sullivan]

iHome has announced that its new iP1 speaker System for the iPod/iPhone is available. The dock has 100 watts of premium sound inside a custom cabinet packed with 4-inch woofers and 1-inch silk dome tweeters.

The dock also features a remote control and component video outputs for connecting to other AV devices. The dock is available to buy at Apple stores and Best Buy as well as online for $299.

[via BusinessWire]