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Apple Earnings Sweet in Sour Economic Times

"next quarter numbers for the company will include ZERO dollars in iPhone revenue"

You don't really expect us to fall for this statement, do you? You even mention later that iPhone revenue is recognized over a two-year period for accounting purposes. So iPhone revenue from all the iPhones Apple has already sold will still be coming in, even if the revenue from new sales is deferred until after the iPhone 2.0 software is delivered.

4 Million iPhones - Not Good Enough

Todd, why write anything if you are not going to be bothered with getting your facts straight? Steve Jobs projected selling 10 million iPhones by the end of 2008. The time period works out to be about 17 months. 4 million phones have been sold in under 6 months. At that rate it seems quite likely that Apple will meet the stated goal of selling 10 million by the end of '08. If sales are accelerating and new models and new software are in the works I think it is more realistic to predict that over 12 million iPhones will have been sold at the end of 2008. And do you really think that gaining 19% of the smart phone market from entrenched companies in less than six months is a poor showing?

I really have to wonder where you get your information...

Maybe from Steve Ballmer...