CUPERTINO, California—October 19, 2009—Apple® today announced financial results for its fiscal 2009 fourth quarter ended September 26, 2009. The Company posted revenue of $9.87 billion and a net quarterly profit of $1.67 billion, or $1.82 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $7.9 billion and net quarterly profit of $1.14 billion, or $1.26 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. Gross margin was 36.6 percent, up from 34.7 percent in the year-ago quarter. International sales accounted for 46 percent of the quarter’s revenue.

In accordance with the subscription accounting treatment required by GAAP, the Company recognizes revenue and cost of goods sold for iPhone™ and Apple TV® over their estimated economic lives. Adjusting GAAP sales and product costs to eliminate the impact of subscription accounting, the corresponding non-GAAP measures* for the quarter are $12.25 billion of “Adjusted Sales” and $2.85 billion of “Adjusted Net Income.”

Apple sold 3.05 million Macintosh® computers during the quarter, representing a 17 percent unit increase over the year-ago quarter. The Company sold 10.2 million iPods during the quarter, representing an eight percent unit decline from the year-ago quarter. Apple sold 7.4 million iPhones in the quarter, representing seven percent unit growth over the year-ago quarter.

“We are thrilled to have sold more Macs and iPhones than in any previous quarter,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “We’ve got a very strong lineup for the holiday season and some really great new products in the pipeline for 2010.”

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¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 10/19/2009 05:57:00 PM 0 comments links to this post

CUPERTINO, California—July 21, 2009—Apple® today announced financial results for its fiscal 2009 third quarter ended June 27, 2009. The Company posted revenue of $8.34 billion and a net quarterly profit of $1.23 billion, or $1.35 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $7.46 billion and net quarterly profit of $1.07 billion, or $1.19 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. Gross margin was 36.3 percent, up from 34.8 percent in the year-ago quarter. International sales accounted for 44 percent of the quarter’s revenue.

In accordance with the subscription accounting treatment required by GAAP, the Company recognizes revenue and cost of goods sold for iPhone™ and Apple TV® over their estimated economic lives. Adjusting GAAP sales and product costs to eliminate the impact of subscription accounting, the corresponding non-GAAP measures* for the quarter are $9.74 billion of “Adjusted Sales” and $1.94 billion of “Adjusted Net Income.”

Apple sold 2.6 million Macintosh® computers during the quarter, representing a four percent unit increase over the year-ago quarter. The Company sold 10.2 million iPods during the quarter, representing a seven percent unit decline from the year-ago quarter. Quarterly iPhones sold were 5.2 million, representing 626 percent unit growth over the year-ago quarter.

“We’re making our most innovative products ever and our customers are responding,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “We’re thrilled to have sold over 5.2 million iPhones during the quarter and users have downloaded more than 1.5 billion applications from our App Store in its first year.”

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¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 7/21/2009 06:03:00 PM 0 comments links to this post

A landmark event. In more ways than one.

June 9-13, 2008, San Francisco, Moscone West

The groundbreaking innovations of Mac OS X Leopard and iPhone OS offer two revolutionary development platforms for developers and IT professionals. Immerse yourself with information-rich sessions where Apple engineers go in-depth on the innovative technologies that power the features of these sophisticated platforms. Bring your code to the Labs and work one-to-one with Apple engineers, applying development methods and best-practices you gain from sessions to enhance your application.

From June 9 - 13, WWDC will host the best of the Apple developer universe — with attendees representing all corners of the globe. Take advantage of this unique opportunity to experience a community atmosphere filled with your industry peers.

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¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 3/13/2008 07:17:00 PM 0 comments links to this post

The Macintosh turns 24 years old today. The Macintosh 128k went on sale January 24, 1984 for $2,495.00. It's specs were an 8MHz processor, 128KB DRAM, and a single sided 3.5 inch Floppy Disk. How times have changed.

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¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 1/24/2008 10:57:00 AM 0 comments links to this post

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¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 1/15/2008 06:08:00 PM 0 comments links to this post

'The world's thinnest notebooks' starts at $1799 and comes with a 13.3 inch display (LED), a full keyboard, built-in 802.11n WiFi, Bluetooth, built-in iSight, and a multitouch trackpad that lets you use gestures to control a number of actions on the MacBook Air. Some other stats include:

* 1.6 GHz or 1.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 4MB L2 cache

* 2GB of RAM

* 80GB 1.8-inch hard drive (with optional 64 gig solid state drive

* 1 USB 2.0 port

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¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 1/15/2008 04:05:00 PM 0 comments links to this post

One of the Palm OS software packages that I use every day is Passwords Plus from DataViz. Earlier this month, DataViz released a Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard update for Passwords Plus 1.006 customers.

The latest update to Passwords Plus is compatible with both Palm Desktop 4.2.1 and Mark/Space The Missing Sync (you'll need version 6.0.2).

The Passwords Plus patch download link and full installation directions can be found on the DataViz website.

I'm happy to see that DataViz is still actively supporting their software on both the Palm OS and Macintosh platforms. It shows that DataViz is still committed to their customers who are part of the Palm and Apple user communities. By making this upgrade available, DataViz has helped make my transition back to the Macintosh (from Windows XP) a little bit easier.

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¶ posted by Alan Grassia, Editor @ 1/13/2008 11:42:00 AM 0 comments links to this post

"Overall volume will be shrunk almost 25 percent, weight by about 20 percent, and an all-new enclosure will be strikingly different from the design that has been the Mini's defining feature since its introduction," according to the report."

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¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 10/05/2007 02:40:00 PM 0 comments links to this post

PCWorld has reviewed the latest iMacs, and they really like what Apple has done to revamp the iMac line.

"Sleeker and thinner than the previous iMac. More recyclable materials. Energy Star 4.0. Still the all-in-one standard. Same reduced number of cables. Powerful, even in Windows Vista with Boot Camp. Up to Core 2 Extreme and 1TB drive available. iLife 08 suite is improved and still standard. Good price."

"Finding any drawbacks to the newest Apple iMac is so hard it's almost like splitting hairs. The new aluminum iMac is a desktop nonpareil in both senses of the word: It is without equal, and (like the candy) it is sweet."

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¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 8/14/2007 10:22:00 AM 0 comments links to this post

I decided to take a trip to my local Apple Store to pick up a copy of iLife '08. I also had the chance to play around with the new iMac. The new iMac isn't anything revolutionary, it's basically a thinner version of the "old" iMacs. With that said, the new iMac is very thin, and the glossy screen just pops out at you, it's gorgous. The keyboard is ultra-thin, looks great, and feels great. Apple is selling the new USB keyboard for $49, and a wireless version for $79. It'll look great with an old iMac, and Mac Pro. I plan on getting one soon. It's a nice face lift to the current iMac.

I'm installing iLife '08 as I type this, and will post some first impressions. Stay tuned.

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¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 8/07/2007 07:43:00 PM 0 comments links to this post

Over @ my other site iPhoneology , Reggie has figured out that your iPhone can now send images from your iPhone directly to a .Mac Web Gallery from the iPhone Photos app. It looks like Apple unlocked this feature without any of us realizing it. Great find Reggie!!!

You obviously need to be a .Mac member in order to do this. I was surprised when I tried it out on my iPhone and saw "Send to Web Gallery" as an option. Now I just need to go buy iLife '08.

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¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 8/07/2007 05:21:00 PM 0 comments links to this post

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¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 8/07/2007 02:16:00 PM 0 comments links to this post

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¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 8/07/2007 02:04:00 PM 0 comments links to this post

"AppleInsider was told, and Gizmodo confirms, that the event will be restricted exclusively to Mac announcements. In speaking to journalists by phone, Apple representatives were reportedly very clear in expressing that no iPhone or iPod product announcements were in the cards.The event will begin at 10:00 am PDT at the Apple Town Hall on the company's Cupertino-based campus"

Apple will most likely announce newly designed and updated iMacs which haven't seen a design change in a few years.

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¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 8/01/2007 12:14:00 AM 0 comments links to this post