Apple (AAPL)

nodoodahs · Moderator Joined: 06 May 2005 Posts: 2408

http://hardwarestockblog.com/article/8485

I am enjoying the comments made on it. LOL!
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rffrydr · Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 3:12 pm Post subject:

$6B Quarter, straight to the bottom-line. Jobs teased (or projected) an acquisition--what might that be? Flash??

There's gonna be a lot riding on no more japanese quakes for these guys.
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rffrydr · Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 10:53 am Post subject:

RIM's tablet out with a thud. Hard to take on an "ecosystem" when that's the toy.

http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=1888984198
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rffrydr · Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2011 8:09 am Post subject:

The app I've been waiting for--for a long, long....long time. A true newspaper app that we can read in the sunshine.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2011/04/07/businessinsider-apple-working-on-e-inktouchscreen-hybrid-for-ipads-and-iphones-2011-4.DTL
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rffrydr · Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 4:38 pm Post subject:

Maybe they do have a problem on their hands. Following the ifixit.com link below, screen is now glued on. No pins. And the glue tends to leave gaps....which leak light. Embarassed

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rffrydr · Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 7:06 pm Post subject:

Oops, that's JMP securities. Got me.

This looks orchestrated to me. The Foxconn readthru is really reaching considering all that mini-conglomerate makes. The selling. like IBM, was driven by margin/re-balancing calls on other positions it seems to me and the options just catalyzed matters. This is what you wanna see toward the end of moves.

I've got three friends who really didn't want the iPad II who are out looking for one now. Met two chinese at the Starbux last week working on 'em....one of whom could normally type 100wpm was contentedly plugging away, hunt and peck. That takes dedication.
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rffrydr · Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 8:30 am Post subject:

What's this? A downgrade from JPM:

http://www.zacks.com/research/get_news.php?id=075l5351
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rffrydr · Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 6:54 pm Post subject:

Zune RIP:

rffrydr · Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 11:10 am Post subject:

iPad II teardown:

http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/iPad-2-Wi-Fi-Teardown/5071/1

Note glue over clips. We'll be seeing more of this across all manufacturing.
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rffrydr · Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 7:26 am Post subject:

15 PE on $24 2011 estimates (up from $15).

Still looking for a chicken short here. Enterprise will never deliver the hope because costs, product and software integration. And how's that Apple TV working out. But the key is Jobs. Was that a recovery we saw? Will only underscore the wraith that is Apple right now.

Goes against my "buy american" theme (as well as being the ultimate tape defiance) so, once again, option only.
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smile · Veteran Poster Joined: 27 Mar 2010 Posts: 187

Thanks for that link HenryTo.

Nxt time I visit the local mall I might stop in to the apple store to give it a go.

My recollection of Ipad1 performance was Ipad2 would have to be 2x as fast for my taste/expectation to just be average. It may perform well for reading a book or doing video... maybe even for gaming if that is what those standing in line are looking for.

Cool factor is out the window IMO if it is not an exclusive club with millions of units sold. I still don't get it Smile

Hope those at anandtech follow-up and produce comparable benchmarks for SuperPI 1M SuperPI 2M SuperPI 32M 3DMark06 CPU Dhrystone Whetstone Cinebench R10 32Bit Single Cinebench R10 32Bit Multi wPrime 32 so we can see some comparisons to notebooks if that is possible.

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-Processors-Benchmarklist.2436.0.html

HenryTo · Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2011 6:04 pm Post subject:

iPad 2 CPU and GPU performance benchmarked:

http://www.anandtech.com/show/4216/apple-ipad-2-gpu-performance-explored-powervr-sgx543mp2-benchmarked

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rffrydr · Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2011 7:02 am Post subject:

Read an article how the old camaraderie in the line has disappeared in favor of shills for other nation's consumers (china you're here) with more money than access.
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HenryTo · Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 3:55 pm Post subject:

iPad2 line in NY breaks all records for Apple product launches. Initial sales likely to break records for all consumer product launches this weekend (estimated at 500,000 to 600,000 units):

http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2011/03/11/ipad-line-goes-around-the-block-in-nyc/?source=yahoo_quote

rffrydr · Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 7:47 am Post subject:

Those cameras ARE a big deal: this thing is popular with the grandparents and their magazines and cool-factor. Now they can do "facetime" with the grandkids.

Everybody loves that magnetic screen protector--as do I.

This guy's not hip to the blue-tooth expandability.

http://www.jr.com/kensington/pe/KEG_K39294US/

It's gonna sell.
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