Readies more hot gadgets for 2010
Apple has reported its fiscal Q4 results and it has surprised
even the most optimistic analysts. The fruit themed outfit reported a
$9.87 billion revenue and $1.82 earnings per share.
Demand for Apple's iPhones remains steady and over 7.4 million units
were sold which was in line with expectations and marked a slight
increase year-on-year. However, it seems the iPhone is cannibalizing
the iPod market, as sales of Apple's iconic media players have dropped
8 percent to just over 10 million units. Mac sales also exceeded
expectations, with 3 million units shipped in the usually weak quarter.
Charismatic CEO/Messiah Steve Jobs announced that Apple plans to launch
some "really great products" in 2010. As with all cults, it's rather
hard to get any inside info from Apple, and the interweb is speculating that the outfit will launch several new products later today, ranging
from all new multi-touch magic mice to iMacs and MacBooks. Apple is
also rumoured to be developing a tablet PC, but details are quite
sketchy. There have been quite a few conflicting rumours on the
possible launch date and spec, so we'll just leave it at this, for now.