Analysts for UBS Investment Research this week emphasized confidence in Apple\'s long term strategy and updated their predictions on forthcoming products to include the possibility of a 1GB iPod nano digital music player.
Apple Computer this week official shifted its PowerPC-based 17-inch iMac G5 offering to \"End-Of-Life\" status, tipsters tell AppleInsider.
All the fuss over Apple\'s iWork productivity suite sales numbers may be much ado about nothing, contacts tell AppleInsider.
Following Disney\'s announcement that it will acquire Pixar in an all-stock transaction worth $7.4B, both Pixar CEO Steve Jobs and Disney CEO Bob Iger partook in a brief interview on CNBC before arriving fashionably late to their conference call with analysts and the media.
Rumors that something may have been missing from Apple\'s keynote presentation at Macworld Expo last week may be true, AppleInsider has learned.
Apple Computer\'s 1.83GHz iMac Core Duo is the first desktop system to be based on an Intel-manufactured microprocessor carries and carries a Bill of Materials (BOM) cost of $873, according to preliminary data from an iSuppli Corp.\'s teardown analysis.
Apple today posted a net profit of $565 million, or $.65 per diluted share for its first financial quarter of 2006, the highest quarterly profit and revenue in the company's history. Some notes of interest from the conference call with Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer and vice president Tim Cook follow:
Apple will no longer offer its Final Cut Pro, Soundtrack Pro, Motion, and DVD Studio Pro audio and video applications as standalone products, and come March will choose instead to sell them exclusively as part of the $1299 Final Cut Studio production suite.
In addition to being the first of Apple Computer\'s personal computer offerings to make the transition to Intel microprocessors, the new iMac Core Duo also sports a plethora of architectural and technological changes, which sources have began detailing to AppleInsider.
Based on this week\'s announcements at Macworld and expectations for continued market share gains for both Mac and iPod over the next two years, research and investment firm PiperJaffray today raised its target price on shares of Apple Computer from $80 to $103.
On the heels of Apple\'s announcement that it sold 14 million iPods and achieved revenues of $5.7B last quarter, UBS Investment Research on Wednesday raised estimates and increased its target price on the company\'s shares to $100.
A slip-up on Apple Computer\'s website on Thursday revealed that the Mac maker may be prepping a new version of its iLife digital life style suite that will include a Web design application.
After speaking with 20 Apple Specialist this week, research and investment firm PiperJaffray said that resellers are experiencing stronger holiday sales of both iPods and Macs this year verses last year, with only a \"handful\" of customers choosing to hold off their new Mac purchases until Intel Macs are unveiled.
Intel Corp. is preparing to make a splash early next year when it officially launches its next-generation dual-core \"Yonah\" notebook processors, which will initially debut at a top speed of 2.16GHz dual-core.
In a best effort to meet demand for its top-selling iPod nano this holiday, Apple Computer is building and shipping 100,000 of the ultra-slim digital music players each day, reliable sources tell AppleInsider.
Among all brand-name notebook computer makers, Apple Computer is set to take center stage next year with new stylish \"light-weight models,\" according to an online report.
Intel Corp. said on Tuesday its next-generation platform for laptop computers will use 25 percent less power while boosting performance, helping it stay on top of the fast-growing market, Reuters reports.
When Apple Computer introduces its first Macs with Intel processors next year, onlookers could be surprised to hear an unfamiliar sound as the systems boot up and load a native copy of Apple\'s Mac OS X \"Tiger\" operating system, sources say.
Google Inc., the world\'s largest search engine, is developing a beta version of its fascinating Google Earth geographical satellite imagery and mapping application for Apple Computer\'s Mac OS X operating system, sources tell AppleInsider.
UBS Investment Research on Tuesday raised its price target on shares of Apple Computer to $86, citing higher than expected video iPod sales and expectations of a rise in Mac sales due to an early release of Intel Macs.
Apple this week informed its channel partners of a new Mac mini accessory that will make it more convenient for users who like to use the miniature computer in more than one location.
In a presentation to investors last month, Motorola revealed brief details and a photo of the ROKR E2 handset, one of the company\'s upcoming music phones with iTunes integration.
Wal-Mart on Tuesday said sales during this year\'s \"Black Friday\" shopping bonanza faired much better than last, due partly to a more desirable selection consumer products like Apple\'s iPod.
Although it has yet to announce such plans, Apple Computer is expected to have the largest presence of any exhibitor at this week\'s PhotoPlus Expo in Manhattan, AppleInsider has learned.
A recently published Apple patent application reveals that the company last year toyed with the idea of integrating a tiny video camera into the latch of a future laptop design, presumably with intentions of leveraging its iChat audio-video conferencing software.
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