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Analyzing Apple's iPod Business

Good to read a properly-researched article for once.
Well done!

Will the iPhone Be Taken by Storm?

The Storm has been panned by ALL the critics. Its a counter-intuitive piece of 'iPhone paranoia' junk.

Its impossible to beat the iPhone - RIMM should stick to what they know best - boring phones that do secure email from a server farm in Canada.

The Storm doesnt even have wifi.

Apple vs. Microsoft Vista: The Ad Budget Wars

I dont think that hypocrisy is a useful term. Even if Apple were being 'hypocritical', their ads are superior by far, so at least the cash is being spent well.
Apple's products seem to work well, and are increasingly popular, so I cant see a problem there, either.

Microsoft has bad ads (very bad) and a legacy OS that is increasingly bloated and dysfunctional.

Apple therefore is NOT guilty of hypocrisy; but Microsoft still has bad product and bad advertising.

Apple Isn't Recession-Proof

Toys?

Computers are essential items, and Apple makes the very best ones.

These analysts are simply wrong - and will be proved so in the coming months.

Wal-mart people cant afford Apple products - they never could and never will.

Does this fool Huberty think that Apple has ever sold to the low-end?

Apple: recession proof, but not idiot proof, sadly.

Apple Isn't Recession-Proof

Apple have a massive percentage of the over-$1000 market, so wouldnt it make more sense to downgrade other producers and NOT Apple?

Fact is, Huberty is an idiot who has never got it right, and talking about Apple gets you hits and action, because its a one-in-a-million company.

Sub-$1000? Apple has the Macbook at around $1000 and the MacMini at $599. Hello?

Time for a complete re-write of the USA stock market system and HEAVY restrictions on 'analysts'.
Hopefully, Obama will do something about this nasty gambling game and its crooked players.

Now What for Apple Investors?

Unregulated Capitalism is a deeply flawed system.

Apple: Leading the Way to a Total Tech Breakdown

Apple will be affected by the general mess caused by Bush etc.
The rich have taken all the jewels, now the poor must pay the price.
Apple make a great line of products - they will continue to outpace all other PC makers.
When the bottom finally comes, presumably when Obama is Pres., then Apple will rise so fast it will be shocking.

But in the meantime, all stocks are going to drop.

6 Things Apple's Not Doing Right

An article that makes sense to someone - when that person turns up, please let us know.

And this is how the value of a company is decided? Madness.

Can Apple Withstand the Financial Sector's Fall?

All this 'analysts" are so close to breaking the law that its going to kinda funny when , eventually, the SEC crack down on the amazing manipulation that is going on.

Hey, did you hear? Steve Jobs has a paper cut! Yeah - lets short the stock.
Idiots.

Does Apple's iPhone Increase Browsing?

Tried and hated surfing with a host of crappy phones.
I could see from the ads over a year ago that the iPhone made surfing the web a breeze.

And guess what? It does! NOTHING else even comes close.

If you havent tried the iPhone, do so and understand what Apple have done with this thing.

Its a TOTAL game changer.

Five Reasons Steve Ballmer Thinks Apple's a Buy

Apple isnt a 'snob' company - it simply sells good equipment and software. Always has, even when some Idiots were in control. (Sculley etc.)
Fact is, an Apple Macbook costs $1049, which is maybe $300 more than a crappy Windows laptop. Thing is, you get great FREE software with it, and way more functionality and ease of use.

College kids are buying these things and NOT buying Windows laptops.

Microsoft should support Apple and sell them lots of cheap copies of Windows, which, of course, you can ALSO run on a Mac.

In life, the tides turn, and Microsoft need Apple far more than Apple needs Microsoft.

Stock will eventually hit $250, its stuck at $170 or so, but then it did just have ten years of massive growth.

Why Apple Stock Is Poised To Go Flat - At Best

Oh dear. A very poor article, due to a lack of knowledge about this company and its position in the world.

It has a Unix-based OS that has been universally acknowledged to be the best around, by a country mile.

Its computers can, and do, run Windows as well as OSX - thats a difficult combo to beat.

Its iPhone is so much better than everything else, its not funny.

People need computers - Apple takes 66% of all computer purchases over $1000 - and thats why they make huge profits.

They have around $25 billion in cash, no debt. Same as Microsoft.

They are the USA's biggest retailer of music, on or offline.

Most movies are made with Mac computers and Apple's 'Final Cut Pro' professional editing suite.

Almost all students are now buying Apple laptops.

They are eating Dell and HP's lunch.

Growth may slow, but then how can it continue at over 50% per year?
Expect solid growth for the next five, and then look at the picture.
B that time, they may have 40% of the market, which will be huge because they sell both hardware and software - making them almosts impossible to beat.

The development of Apple since they built their new OS almost 10 years ago underpins all this - they have built an Operating System for the next 25 years.
Now they are reaping the harvest.

No Leadership from Apple Right Now

I dont have any knowledge or skill in stock forecasting, but I do have a strong feeling that Apple is being held back by the economic factors at the moment, and that they will burst out soon and hit $250 - $300.

It isnt going to stay at $175 for ever, and down for a company posting YOY growth of 40 - 50% seems unlikely.

US market share for Apple now at 10.5%!

What's Up With 3G Performance in the iPhone?

Some good points in the article - its true that the iPhone has USEABLE features which require data connection a LOT more than Nokia etc.

This is a GOOD thing, but AT&T are not up to the job.

There is a test here:

www.engadget.com/2008/.../

that shows the iPhone is the same as all the other 3G phones.

Apple: An Antidote to iPhone Complacency

www.roughlydrafted.com

Thats where you will find the best Apple analysis - put that together with the cash and the earnings and the almost 50% growth and make your buying decisions.

Short term - who knows?
Long term - Apple to hit $300 in 12 months.