The new Skype iPhone app is more interesting as a political statement than as an application. Not that there is anything wrong with the app, except, of course for the large number of people who can’t get it running properly. For them I have good news: You aren’t missing much.

Sonoma Wire Works released an updated version of FourTrack for the iPhone, the companies audio recording application. FourTrack 1.3 improves launch time, reduces memory usage, and improves seek time.

CBS on Tuesday released Entertainment Tonight, a new application for iPhone and iPod touch users that is based on the popular television show of the same name.

On Friday, San Francisco’s Apple Store hosted a different kind of rock star. Cerebral and gifted with a dry sense of humor, Hideo Kojima is the mastermind behind the Metal Gear series of games, a genre-defying stealth tactical espionage enterprise that recently unveiled its first foray onto the iPhone platform.

Movaic on Tuesday introduced the iZel, a new foldable stand designed to work with the iPhone, iPod touch and other portable devices. It costs $25.