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VentureBeat: Apple is down, certainly not out with the iPhone SDK coming shortly

  • Martin Edic · 1 year ago
    In between the reports of less orders for iPods and MacBooks are increased orders for iMacs which are 4-1 more profitable than iPods. As usual we see only the negative reports touted in the headlines. The news the markets have chosen to ignore is greatly increased market share in computers- a huge deal, especially in a down economy.
  • ron · 1 year ago
    Poor iPhone, with only 28% of the US smartphone market. The stock itself was hit along with the industry in general. Get some perspective.

    (But yes, many programmers are looking forward to the SDK)
  • MG Siegler · 1 year ago
    @martin - true enough about the iMacs. if you've read any of my previous works (on ParisLemon), you'll my decidedly pro-Apple stance on most issues, I do think it's fair though to say the company has taken quite a few hits of late.

    @ron - Apple has had great, quick penetration into the market (which I'll add something to the story to point out), but the cuts to iPhone orders was more the trend I was addressing specifically here.
  • jack · 1 year ago
    Wall Street is conservative. Apple is innovative and progressive. One sees red while the other sees black. Apple is changing the high tech world and Wall Street has a hard time keeping up. I just see this as an enormous buying opportunity, having complete faith that the Apple success phenomenon is not a fluke and just a sign of more success to come.
  • Ron Evry · 1 year ago
    I seem to recall the brilliant folks on Wall Street letting out a huge yawn, saying "so what" when the iPod first was announced.

    Well, I bought Apple at 13 (before the split), and I wish I could've afforded more than the paltry few shares I got then. Of course, at 120-130, it is still a bargain compared to what it will be...