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

Ron Evry — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:10:11 -0000

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...

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

jack — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:38:59 -0000

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.

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

MG Siegler — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:37:32 -0000

@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.

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

ron — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 12:35:14 -0000

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)

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

Martin Edic — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 11:47:59 -0000

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.