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Comparing the iPhone with the Treo 700, Samsung TV phone and, of course, the Backberry 8800, what if they had every function of their chosen devise, puss other functions? This is what is creating the excitement. How does the iPhone compare? More …
You darn right I am excited!!
CUPERTINO, California—April 25, 2007—Apple® today announced financial results for its fiscal 2007 second quarter ended March 31, 2007. The Company posted revenue of $5.26 billion and net quarterly profit of $770 million, or $.87 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $4.36 billion and net quarterly profit of $410 million, or $.47 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. Gross margin was 35.1 percent, up from 29.8 percent in the year-ago quarter. International sales accounted for 43 percent of the quarter’s revenue. Apple shipped 1,517,000 Macintosh® computers and 10,549,000 iPods during the quarter, representing 36 percent growth in Macs and 24 percent growth in iPods over the year-ago quarter. As Apple reported.
The AP carried by Yahoo, has a few more tidbits. More …
Microsoft: be on notice. While the Redmond company has recently argued that the iPhone is not an ‘enterprise device’, AT&T might have news for them, as PC Advisor reports. More …
As reported, Vista is failing in the marketplace. The Inquirer adds to the evidence: One, Dell has reintroduced PCs running Windows XP on its website due to customer demand. Two, Microsoft is conducting a worldwide firesale on a bundle of Microsoft Office 2007/WindowsXP Starter. More …
While not on it’s death bead, IT Director, crunching the numbers, shows sales of Vista are contributing to a down turn in the doorstop market. All good news for Apple. More …
Who says Apple doesn’t have time for Mac OS X 10.5 to get it just right?
Several articles described Apple’s problem evidenced by the delay in releasing Mac OS X 10.5 as being undersized. With all the products coming from Apple, it was obvious not enough personnel were available. Should Apple expand? Would it solved the problem? TechNewsWorld takes a look and tries to answer these questions. More …
The CanSecWest security conference hacking challenge, has been revealed as a near sham The fact that a URL was used to trigger a vulnerability in Safari, is evidence that the URL was probably sent by email. There would have to be someone sitting at the Mac, choosing to double-clicked the URL. That is not a remote attack. This is all covered by Roughly Drafted. More …
TrustedReviews tests whether the high price of original manufacture is justified by comparing the output from HP, Epson, Cannon and Lexmark, by comparing original manufacturer with third party ink and paper. Paper played an important part in the results. The article is in 12 parts, with multiple ways of going forward and back. More …
According to Computerworld, a hacker won $10,000 by using Safari to break into a Mac. No details other that a URL was used. Maybe it helps that the hacker is quoted as saying that M$$$ is putting a lot more work into security, thus Apple somehow deserved this. The article does note that the security update Apple released Thursday night was obviously related. More will come.
MacsimumNews covers the Gartner report that the Apple has increased its market share in the US by 30 percent over first quarter results for last year. Apple now holds 5 percent of the US market with growth that outpaced its PC rivals. Possibly contributing to this, Dell has continued to lose market share. More …
Gartner researchers also state that Vista sales “scarcely made a dent in Apple’s marketshare during the first quarter of the year.
Mac, iPod sales, new products to dominate Apple’s March 25th report, according to Marketwatch. More …
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