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The companyis stock slipped after what many considered to be a lackluster and disappointing keynote presentation at WWDC by CEO Steve Jobs. While analysts and consumers where waiting for Mr. Jobs to announce exciting new products, he instead focused on features of the upcoming Mac OS X 10.5 release. Earlier this morning, however, Apple announced…

Including Boot Camp as a standard feature in Mac OS X 10.5 will be a plus because it offers a way for PC users to transition from using Windows all the time to using the Mac OS. Investors and some users, however, were hoping that Apple would turn Boot Camp into a virtual machine environment…

Mr. Jobs is expected to show developers more of the companyis upcoming Mac OS X 10.5 operating system, and will likely also reveal that the release will replace the familiar HFS+ file system used today with Sunis ZFS file system. During a presentation in Washington D.C. last week, Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz announced that Apple…

Underscoring his ongoing belief in Appleis growth potential, Mr. Munster raised his target price from $140 to $160. He estimated that Apple will show a 25 percent revenue growth for 2007, 29 percent for 2008, and 43 percent in 2009. Using Appleis ratable system that spreads the revenue from iPhone and Apple TV sales over…

“Using the closing price the day before events as a base, shares of AAPL have risen an average of 1 percent the day of an event, and rise 3 percent in the week after the event,” he said. “Using the closing price the week before events as a base, shares of AAPL have risen 6…

That number is substantially lower than the 10.5 million units Mr. Munster has been predicting, but it could change as additional sales data emerges. So far, there is only one month worth of sales data available. “The 9.5 million unit approximation is based on various assumptions and is an extrapolation of one month of data,”…

The companyis strong performance over the past few quarters has analysts seeing continued growth for the foreseeable future. “We believe shares can continue to surge into calendar year end on the back of new products,” said UBS analyst Ben Reitzes. “The thesis that Mac sales can surge is alive and well.” Apple also has a…

Mr. Wuis research indicates that AT&T, the sole carrier of the iPhone in the United States, is considering rebates or subsidies between $50 and $150 for iPhone subscriptions to entice buyers into two-year plans. He commented “From AT&Tis;perspective, a rebate is a great marketing tool to entice a customer to sign up for 2-year voice…

Why? Because Apple announced that they are delaying the release of its much anticipated OS X upgrade, Leopard, until October 2007. Did you feel that? Even when I mention the new release date I can detect a subtle shift in the Earthis gravitational field. Iim being ridiculously melodramatic, of course, but if you listen to…

Weire talking about three totally separate but overlapping festivals and conferences, spanning the course of ten days, and taking place in dozens upon dozens of different locations in downtown Austin. Most of the conferences take place at the cavernous new Austin Convention Center, while most of the music, movies, and multimedia exhibitions take over almost…

A survey of 50 Best Buy stores revealed that about 80 percent of the locations are selling fewer copies of Microsoftis new operating system than expected. 72 percent of the stores are also stating that Vista is driving sales of new PCs to consumers. The increase in PC sales is due to a pent up…

Although most of the information about the economics of the Apple/Cingular deal are secret, there are bits of information that help build a bigger picture. Cingular, for example, has revealed that there will be no revenue sharing between the companies over new iTunes Store users as a result of the iPhone. For now, Cingular has…

In an independent internal investigation that Apple commissioned, information surfaced that showed some members of the companyis management team were involved in improperly backdating stock option grants. The investigation concluded that the current management, including Mr. Jobs, were not involved in any misconduct. The government, however, is continuing its criminal investigation. Nell Minow, editor at…

The loss of both Mr. Steskal and his supervisor, Mr. Ryan, could cause delays in federal investigations into improper backdating at Apple as well as several other companies while new investigators are assigned to the cases. A spokesperson for northern Californiais U.S Attorneyis office commented “US Attorney Ryan is taking care to ensure a smooth…

Mr. Munster broke out his certainty ranking system to rate the likelihood of products and features. A 10 is highly likely, and a 1 indicates extremely unlikely. Apple Cell Phone Appleis cell phone entering production in the next 2 to 6 months gets a 9. A candy-bar form factor version of the phone within the…

He added “One of our key concerns on Apple in 2006 was that we believed published consensus estimates were too aggressive (particularly revenue) and no where near Appleis guidance, but more importantly, didnit make any logical (financial or business) sense.” Mr. Wu feels that Appleis estimates have finally reset, which will give the company room…

Apple delayed filing the form 10-Q for the quarter ending on July 1, 2006 and form 10-K for the fiscal year ending on September 30, 2006 while an independent investigation was conducted to look into improperly backdated stock option grants. The company committed to filing the required documents by December 29. The $84 million non-cash…