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Entries from October 2007

Guardian Bollocks

October 23rd, 2007 · No Comments

Not for the first time, The Guardian has shown itself up when reporting on Apple and the Mac.
From today’s paper
Hype surrounding the phone, which has touch-screen keys rather than buttons, has contributed to a revival in demand for iMac notebook computers. Sales of iMacs took off by 34% in the final quarter to 2.16m, beating […]

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Those Apple numbers in brief

October 23rd, 2007 · No Comments

Quarter Four
Quarterly revenue $6.22bn - up from $4.84bn
Quarterly net profit $904m - up from $542 m
Earnings per diluted share $1.01 - up from $0.62
Gross margin 33.6% - up from 29.2%
Mac sales 2.16m - up 34%
iPod sales 10.2m - up 17%
iPhone sales 1.12m
All increases against Q4 2006
Fiscal Year 2007
Annual earnings $3.5bn
Annual revenue $24bn

Cash $15.4bn

Q1 forecast
Earnings per diluted share $1.42
Revenue $9.2bn
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Why the Hue and Cry over iMac screens?

October 3rd, 2007 · 2 Comments

Another Apple product, another bandwagon rolls onto view. This time it’s over the panels used in the new 20in iMac.
You’ll remember that back in the summer, Apple was sued for claiming that the screen in its MacBooks and MacBook Pros displayed ‘millions of colours’ when, say the claimants, they can display only a few thousand.
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