OS X upgrade, iPhone may boost Mac sales
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Apple Inc.'s computer business may seem like it's taken a back seat lately to its flashy younger siblings, the iPod and iPhone, but Macs are still a key part of the family. Apple CEO Steve Jobs is expected to use his speech at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday to highlight the upcoming release of Mac OS X, showing that Apple remains a computer company even after dropping "Computer" from its name in January.
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Analysts are mulling over&#160;Apple&#39;s iPhone sales numbers&#160;and are alarmed at a perceived discrepancy in the figures.Apple claims slightly over 3.7 million iPhones were sold in 2007 -- yet&#160;AT&amp;T this week revealed&#160;it ended the year with &quot;just at or sightly under two million iPhone customers&quot;.That two million has been boosted somewhat by an estimated 300,000-400,000 sales in Europe, analysts believe.The discrepancy is that the 3.7 million iPhones Apple says it has sold and the estimated 2.4 million sold by its network partners still leaves 1.3 million of the devices unaccounted for.That implies that around one in three iPhones are being purchased in order to&#160;unlock the device&#160;for use on other networks and/or for use with unapproved third party applications.While it&#39;s possible some iPhones were sold over the Christmas period but not activated immediately as new users (perhaps) worked to cancel their existing mobile contracts, the discrepancy still implies an active market for unlocked iPhones.Apple chief operating officer Tim Cook told analysts this week that the company believes the number of unlocked iPhones in the wild to be &quot;significant,&quot; but declined to furnish accurate figures.Toni Sacconaghi of Bernstein Research cites these figures in order to claim a substantial market in unlocked iPhones, and speculates this news may also mean a build-up in iPhone inventory.&quot;It indicates end-user demand for iPhone is lower than many investors may think based on Apple&#39;s sales figure -- and it points to slower iPhone sales in the current quarter, since much of this inventory is likely to be drawn down,&quot; the analyst explains.Macworld.co.uk is an InfoWorld affiliate.
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After a âswift and easyâ installation, Mark Kellner (Washington Times) found Mac OS X Leopard âsomething any Mac user will want to have.â âOffering better integration of e-mail with syndicated Internet news updates, a new backup feature likely to decrease the impact of hardware failures, and snazzy display features by the bushel, the $129 Apple Mac OS X Leopard upgrade is more than a reasonable purchase.â
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Although many Mac users are chomping at the bit to upgrade to Apple Inc.'s new operating system, Mac  OS X 10.5 'Leopard,' not everyone should do so. Here's a guide for those wary of change.
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Apple Computer&#39;s new line of iMacs, which goes on sale later this month, gives the company&#39;s diehard fans several reasons to upgrade, including a big speed boost and more affordable prices.
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There may not be anything as exciting as the iPhone at next week's Macworld, but Apple should once again own the January trade show season.
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SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Apple Inc.'s next-generation operating system, Mac OS X "Leopard," will be available Oct. 26 for $129, and Apple's online store is taking pre-orders, the company said Tuesday.
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Compared with other PC manufacturers, Apple Inc. may not have the  highest market share, but AMI believes this may be changing. The company  is currently slated to launch an update of its powerful operating system  this fall.
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Apple Inc  blew by  analysts' estimates with a 67 percent rise in profit on Monday  as the popularity of its iPhone and iPod boosted Macintosh  computer sales, and its shares jumped 7 percent.
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Apple reported strong earnings for its fourth quarter on Monday, boosted by record Macintosh computer sales and the shipment of 1.12 million iPhones.
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Apple reported strong quarterly earnings boosted by record Macintosh computer and iPhone sales on Monday.Apple recorded net revenue for its first fiscal quarter, ended Dec. 29, of $9.6 billion, a 35 percent year-over-year increase, beating estimates of $9.47 billion from analysts polled by Thomson Financial.The company posted quarterly net profit of $1.58 billion, an increase from the $1 billion net profit from the year-earlier quarter. The company recorded earnings of $1.76 per share.Unit shipments of the iPod were 22.1 million units, a 5 percent growth over the year-earlier period. Apple sold 2.3 million iPhones during the quarter, a sequential increase from the 1.12 million iPhones it shipped in its fourth fiscal quarter. Apple shipped 2.3 million Macintosh computers, a 44 percent growth from the year-earlier quarter.According to figures from IDC, Apple&#39;s PC shipments in the U.S. grew 30.9 percent to 1.06 million during the fourth quarter last year with a 5.7 percent market share, behind Dell, Hewlett-Packard, and HP. Apple was not among the top five vendors in PC shipments worldwide, according to IDC.Apple announced Mac OS X Leopard operating system this quarter. It started off the new quarter with a bang, announcing&#160;a movie rental service for iTunes and a skinny laptop, the MacBook Air, which CEO Steve Jobs proclaimed was the &quot;world&#39;s thinnest notebook&quot; during a keynote address at the&#160;Macworld Conference and Expo in San Francisco.A week prior to Macworld, Apple announced revamped versions of the Mac Pro workstations and Xserve servers powered by Intel&#39;s power-efficient Penryn processors.
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Shares of Apple Inc. rose more than 3 percent on Thursday as investors bet on strong demand for its media-playing iPhone, almost a week after its U.S. launch, and speculation mounted over plans to sell the device in Europe.
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At Macworld 2008, Apple's announcements of significant -- and free -- upgrades to existing gadgets, including the iPhone and Apple TV, confirms a growing trend of giving customers substantial new features even after they've brought the products home.
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Apple Inc. will start selling its iPhone on June 29, a debut that will test whether the company's design success with Mac computers and iPod media players can carry over into mobile handsets.
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DENVER (Billboard) - While Apple did not introduce any  significant iPhone upgrades at its annual Macworld convention,  which ran January 14-18 in San Francisco, the iconic device  still made waves.
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An open letter to iPhone owners should boost sales in a big way.
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Since releasing Mac OS X Leopard on Friday, Apple sold (or delivered, in the case of maintenance agreements) more than 2 million copies of the sixth major release of Mac OS X, far outpacing the first weekend sales of Mac OS X Tiger, which was previously the most successful OS release in Appleâs history. âEarly indications are that Leopard will be a huge hit with customers,â said Steve Jobs, Appleâs CEO. âLeopardâs innovative features are getting great reviews and making more people than ever think about switching to the Mac.â