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Citigroup: 3G iPhone Coming within 4 Months
2008-03-05 03:10:00 AlleyInsider reports that Rich Gardner, a Citigroup analyst, “comes back from Taiwan with some good news”. Gardner had meetings with key consumer electronics supply manufacturers in Taiwan and now believes Apple plans to introduce a 3G iPhone model in the second calendar quarter of this year. In a research note to clients, Gardner also reports that ... More About: Iphone , Months
Apple Falls on BAC Analyst Projection of 8 Million iPhones Sold
2008-03-04 03:16:00 The hot debate on whether Apple can meet its own projection of 10 million iPhones sold in ‘08 continued on Monday when Banc of America ( BAC ) analyst Scott D. Craig reported his estimate of 7.96 million units for calendar ‘08. In a research note to clients, Craig cited softer than expected short term demand for both iPhones and iPod s, ... More About: Million , Sold , Analyst
Apple to Tightly Control iPhone App Distribution
2008-03-01 21:28:00 Several Apple fan sites have reported variations to a common theme regarding the Apple touch platform SDK which is due out on March 6th. Apple is rumored to announce a beta version only on Thursday with the full stable platform release postponed until sometime in June. Furthermore, Apple likely will exercise tight control over release ... More About: Pod , Iphone , Distribution , Control
DigiTimes: Apple Looking for Cheaper iPhone Touch Screens
2008-02-29 16:45:00 DigiTimes reports that AU Optronics, a Taiwan display manufacturer, has downplayed a newspaper report that “claims the maker has received orders from handset, notebook, and GPS device makers for touch panels”. The significance of the story is that AUO manufactures thin integrated touch panels and its “production costs are 40% cheaper” than the sandwiched touch module ... More About: Phone , Apple , Iphone , Touch
UBS: 3G iPhone Out by Mid ?08
2008-02-28 18:33:00 MacDailyNews reports that UBS analysts believe “3G-enabled iPhone s will be released by mid-year”. In a note to clients, UBS also mentions that current generation iPhones will be “ramped down earlier than expected to ‘clean’ inventories”. As I have reported earlier, Apple has more than one model planned to complete the iPhone product lineup. Read more ... More About: Iphone
Lagging iPod Shuffle Sales Partly to Blame for Postponed New Model Introduc
2008-02-28 18:03:00 If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you’re already aware of the particularly sluggish Shuffle sales this past holiday season. In an article I posted on Nov. 6, 2007, I alerted my readers to the disturbing downward trend in the sales of the Shuffle model as reported by Amazon’s regularly updated Best Sellers ... More About: Pod , Apple , Ipod , Sales , Model
Apple COO: We?re ?On Track? to Sell 10 Million iPhones
2008-02-28 13:26:00 Apple chief operating officer Tim Cook reiterated his company’s confidence in the projected number of iPhone s shipments in 2008. Speaking at the Goldman Sachs Investment Symposium, Cook calmed investor nerves by restating that Apple is ‘on track’ to sell 10 million iPhones by the end of 2008. In recent days, Apple’s bold projection on ... More About: Sell , Track , Million
?iPhone Software Roadmap? Media Event on March 6th
2008-02-28 06:55:00 Apple has announced a media event covering the iPhone SDK ( Software Development Kit ) and “some exciting new enterprise features”. The event is to be held at Apple Building 4 Town Hall on March 6 at 10 AM. While Apple, at this rare Thursday event, will not unveil any new products, the hint at ... More About: Media , Pod , Event
iTunes Music Store to Become Largest Music Retailer in ?08
2008-02-27 18:02:00 Wal-Mart Store s’ days as the single largest music retailer in the US are numbered, so says a new report by the NPD Group. Within the past few weeks, iTMS has overtaken Best Buy and Target to become the second largest music retailer in the US and Wal-Mart is likely next. Russ Crupnick, the NPD Group’s president of Music , says ... More About: Apple , Itunes , Largest
Gaming Industry Veteran: Next Gen Portable Gaming Consoles Coming, Apple in
2008-02-26 17:08:00 Bruce Everiss, writing for SeekingAlpha, has compiled an interesting comparison of the upcoming portable gaming consoles from 5 different companies. Everiss writes that following the evolution of portable consoles is far more interesting than the traditional home consoles because “they are undergoing rapid technical change, there are more companies involved and everything happens at ... More About: Pod , Gaming , Apple , Industry , Portable
Magazine: No iGame Device from Apple
2008-02-15 04:27:00 According to the British magazine Develop, a trade news publication for video games industry professionals, Apple ’s “game plan” calls for more iPod games from trusted third parties rather than a dedicated handheld or console. This revelation comes after a new patent application for several portable gaming ideas bearing the Apple and iPod names were ... More About: Magazine , Game , Device
Digital Radio on iPhone Planned
2008-02-12 03:27:00 An article by UK’s Guardian on the future of DAB ( Digital Audio Broadcast ) sheds some light on one feature enhancement planned for the iPhone . Guardian reports that GCap Media, the UK pioneer in digital audio, has detailed plans to abandon DAB and instead focus on FM and broadband broadcasting. The company’s chief executive says all of DAB ... More About: Radio , Iphone
Sony-Ericsson introduces XPERIA X1 iClone
2008-02-11 06:43:00 Another day, another iPhone clone. This time, it’s Sony -Ericsson doing the honors at the Mobile World Congress with the XPERIA X1. It uses a 3-inch, 800 x 480 touch-screen featuring Windows Mobile as the operating system. I suppose you shouldn’t count on its touch-screen working perfectly because it also happens to have a sliding QWERTY ... More About: Apple , Sony Ericsson
Valentine?s Day Gift Guide
2008-02-10 05:35:00 If you’re still looking for what to get that special somone for Valentine ’s day, look no further. Andrew Eisner of Retrevo has a very interesting gift guide recommending top gadgets from digital audio players to photo frames and digital cameras. Read more from Retrevo.com D.S. More About: Pod , Apple , Gadgets , Gift
Apple Special Event on Feb. 26th?
2008-02-08 06:15:00 MacDailyNews reports that “the company that does television for Apple ’s live events and MacWorld” is hiring for an Apple event at the end of February. If Apple is indeed holding a Special Event at the end of this month, it’s likely an opportunity to introduce the touch platform SDK ( Software Development Kit ), ...
AT&T to Expand Wireless Network in a Big Way in Anticipation of ?
2008-02-08 06:10:00 AT&T has announced that it plans to roll out 3G service to 80 more cities in the US throughout 2008 bringing 3G to 350 leading U.S. markets, including top 100 U.S. cities. The company also said that it’s planning for the future of wireless broadband by “establishing a clear path to a 4G network”. ... More About: Wireless , Apple , Network
Latest Apple Product Upgrades Set the Stage for Something Bigger?
2008-02-06 15:57:00 Apple introduced a 16GB iPhone and a 32GB iPod Touch on Tuesday, both retailing for $499. The iPod Touch memory upgrade wasn’t a total surprise ( Remember that my sources had revealed earlier that Apple is concerned with flash memory supplies in 2008 ) but it did come just 5 months after its introduction last ... More About: Product , Upgrades , Stage
Macity: Launch of iPhone in Italy ?Imminent?
2008-02-01 17:59:00 The Italian news site Macity reports that in the latest iPhone update ( v1.1.3 ), a code bundle referred to by the firmware as ‘TIM_Italy .bundle’ is the definitive proof that TIM ( Telecom Italia Mobile ) is the exclusive carrier of the device in Italy and that the launch of iPhone in Italy is ... More About: Apple , Iphone , Vodafone
Apple News Roundup ( Last Week of January )
2008-02-01 13:58:00 Motorola has confirmed the rumors regarding the separation of its mobile devices business. It’s unclear as yet whether Motorola will sell the division or choose to spin it off as it did with Freescale but Dell has been mentioned as a suitable buyer. Once the top ranking handset maker in terms of market share, ... More About: News , Phone , Apple , Roundup , January
Al Gore Buys Apple Shares
2008-01-31 17:56:00 According to NYPost, former US vice-president and current Apple board member Al Gore has exercised an option to buy 1000 Apple shares at $7.48 each. As a part of his contract to sit on the Apple board, Gore was originally given the option to buy 60,000 Apple shares. Gore could make a potential profit ... More About: Shares
Gene Munster: Apple Developing Cheaper, Innovative iPods
2008-01-30 04:48:00 Piper Jaffray Analyst Gene Munster writes in a research note to clients on Monday that Apple is “in position to transform the portable music market into a portable computing market”. Munster believes the company will “introduce cheaper, innovative iPod s with Wi-Fi and multi-touch technology” in the near future with email and web browsing applications ... More About: Innovative , Ipods
Source Reveals: Apple?s Upcoming Portable Wireless Capable
2008-01-29 17:37:00 I have some new insight to share with you regarding the portable device Apple is working on. In a previous article, I described the mysterious portable as perhaps Apple’s rival product to the Intel Ultra Mobile PC ( UMPC ) initiative. In talking to several sources close to the secretive project, a few more ... More About: Wireless , Portable , Source , Upcoming
Fortune-CNN: ?Apple can innovate through this downturn?
2008-01-24 18:28:00 Fortune -CNN writer Jon Fortt reports while “Apple stock is trading at about $140, 30 percent off its December 28 high of $202.96″, Apple can still “innovate through this downturn” due to 3 main reasons: stability - ( Apple has more than $18 billion in cash giving it a cushion to “take risks” ), iPhone ... More About: Pod
Analyst: Apple Must Upgrade iPods
2008-01-23 18:47:00 Shaw Wu of American Technology Research says in light of the small 5% growth year-over-year for iPod s, Apple must significantly increase iPod features in order to avoid “facing cannibalization from cell-phones” and other digital audio players which deliver basic media player functions. In other words, iPods have to differentiate themselves from cell-phones and generic ... More About: Analyst , Ipods , Anal
Apple Stock Dives Despite Record Earnings
2008-01-23 10:57:00 Despite Apple (AAPL) having a record quarter for earnings, its stock fell sharply in after-hours trading. Apple finished the day trading at $155.64 ( down $-5.72 ), and before earnings were revealed at around 5:00 PM EST, Apple fell by as much as 11% on relatively heavy after-hours volume prompting Piper Jaffray analyst Gene ... More About: Stock , Earnings , Record , Cord
Apple Posts Record Quartely Profits
2008-01-23 10:53:00 Apple has posted its fiscal Q1′08 results and it’s clearly the best quarter ever for the Cupertino company. Apple sold 2.3 million Macs, 2.3 million iPhones, and 22 million iPod s totaling a gross revenue of $9.6 billion and $1.58 billion in net revenue. Revenues for the quarter were up 35% year-over-year. The consensus analysts ... More About: Profits , Posts , Record
Piper Jaffray: Quarterly iPod Shipments Below Expectations
2008-01-22 18:07:00 Gene Munster and Michael Olson of the research firm Piper Jaffray have predicted that iPod sales for the October, November and December period may fall below previous estimates of 25 to 26 million. The predicted drop to 23.5 million units shipped is mainly due to lower iPod sales in the month of December ( ... More About: Ipod , Expectations
Apple Releases Pink iPod Nano
2008-01-22 18:04:00 The Apple Store was down for a few hours this morning after which Apple introduced the iPod Nano in pink. While I was hoping for more than a pink nano, it indeed looks as if Apple does not want to miss Valentine’s Day gift giving. The 8GB Nano is available immediately for $199 and ... More About: Pink , Ipod , Ipod nano
Report: New Under 10 Market Emerging, iPod Leads
2008-01-22 14:32:00 A new report on Adage claims “the market for child-focused media content” is exploding as device manufacturers try to capitalize on this newly emerging market. Apparently a third of all children under ten use a digital audio player and iPod is the device of choice for more than half of them. Where there’s an ... More About: Apple , Market , Ipod , Leads
Apple Stock May Be on the Rebound
More articles from this author:2008-01-18 18:20:00 In case you don’t follow Apple stock performance closely, it’s worth calling your attention to the significant pullback that Apple stock has experienced recently. After reaching a high of $200 in the remaining days of 2007 and closing the year at slightly over $198 a share, Apple stock has slid considerably in early 2008, ... More About: Stock 1, 2, 3, 4 |
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