nope, its called better marketing or lying depending on where your sympathy lies.
it will pass....
Apple continue to be a rounding error..
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Apple Reports Record $3.38 Billion Profit for Q1 2010 on Highest Revenue in History
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nope, its called better marketing or lying depending on where your sympathy lies.
it will pass....
Apple continue to be a rounding error..
Case closed.
What is an IT company?
In: Business Law [Edit categories]
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A corporation that deals in Information Technology, usually computers and software.
information technology (abbr.: IT)
noun
the study or use of systems (esp. computers and telecommunications) for storing, retrieving, and sending information.
Do you really want to insist? I suggest you relax and rejoice in Apple's success.
yawn, a troll emerges from under the bridge
I am sorry for the disaster, stress and lack of productivity over your inability to play mp3's. I am also sorry you cannot put a regular sized hard drive in your laptop. It must also upset you that your car's DieHard battery will not fit either. It is a shame that companies make money on crappy products, perhaps you should become a "pc" and see how true that really is.
All snark aside, if you feel that strongely (albeit misguided), why on earth would you CHOOSE to spend money with such an evil maker of inferior products??
Apple products, hardware and software, are not perfect.... but generally their stuff is a cut above the rest. Lastly, if their products are SO inferior, WHY is EVERYONE copying them?
After reading through your thread posting history, I declare you a shill, and a troll.
cheers,
michael
PS: written on one of my 3 iMacs, oh... and I was listening to an MP4/AAC song while writing this. MP3? maybe the problem is in the song you downloaded off Limewire? Good thing those iMacs are more functional than those Pros.
I am sorry for the disaster, stress and lack of productivity over your inability to play mp3's. I am also sorry you cannot put a regular sized hard drive in your laptop. It must also upset you that your car's DieHard battery will not fit either. It is a shame that companies make money on crappy products, perhaps you should become a "pc" and see how true that really is.
All snark aside, if you feel that strongely (albeit misguided), why on earth would you CHOOSE to spend money with such an evil maker of inferior products??
Apple products, hardware and software, are not perfect.... but generally their stuff is a cut above the rest. Lastly, if their products are SO inferior, WHY is EVERYONE copying them?
After reading through your thread posting history, I declare you a shill, and a troll.
cheers,
michael
PS: written on one of my 3 iMacs, oh... and I was listening to an MP4/AAC song while writing this. MP3? maybe the problem is in the song you downloaded off Limewire? Good thing those iMacs are more functional than those Pros.
Nonsense. Channel inventory doesn't count as sales (unless a company wants a lot of trouble with the SEC), therefore change in channel inventory doesn't affect sales. What it means is that Apple built 9.0 million iPhones and sold 8.7 million.
You do know that in retail the margins are a LOT thinner? (And you do know how much of Apple sales come from the retail segment?)
EDIT: Wait a minute. You're not confusing margins with net profit, are you?
You'll probably need like 30% on top of the current $260B, that's the regular extra companies pay for non-hostile takeovers. A hostile takeover is pretty much impossible, since BG, SB, PA et al. still own significant parts of the company.
It's like wanting to buy Berkshire Hathaway without asking Warren Buffett. Good luck with that.
These girls don't like to face the truth. I can understand the logic of choosing one product over another, but what do you people get out of lying to yourself and convincing yourself that Apple is more profitable and makes more money than Microsoft? It's pretty sad and pathetic.
Wow, 15.68 bil turnover yet ONLY 3.38 profit! Almost true to the rule of you have to make 3 times the profit you earn.
Wonder how much was App sales? And how long can the iPod last? I think we're not far off a Nano iTouch and nano iPhone, why else would you want to pinch to zoom menu's?
Amazing performance for a company that's been sued and counter sued, battled yet again for the copyright for it's OS from pirates, and the Company boss man and name synonymous with Apple has been off ill for most of the year. Brilliant.
I like the iPhone stats. When it first came out I laughed my ass off, because of it's very low specs, but yet I loved it's OS and found it's interface was revolutionary and exactly what mobiles needed. A couple of years later the specs caught up to match the amazing OS, the apps store is packed and I buy an iPhone 3GS as I can do what I want with it now and buy the apps I want. I haven't looked back and I know sssoooooooooooooo many people who have brought iPhones.
So with the predicted iPhone 4 specs it will only attract an even bigger market.
Can only see next year as being a better result.
And just think, this is a peanuts results list compared to oil company's and banks etc.
Wonder how much was App sales? And how long can the iPod last? I think we're not far off a Nano iTouch and nano iPhone, why else would you want to pinch to zoom menu's?
Amazing performance for a company that's been sued and counter sued, battled yet again for the copyright for it's OS from pirates, and the Company boss man and name synonymous with Apple has been off ill for most of the year. Brilliant.
I like the iPhone stats. When it first came out I laughed my ass off, because of it's very low specs, but yet I loved it's OS and found it's interface was revolutionary and exactly what mobiles needed. A couple of years later the specs caught up to match the amazing OS, the apps store is packed and I buy an iPhone 3GS as I can do what I want with it now and buy the apps I want. I haven't looked back and I know sssoooooooooooooo many people who have brought iPhones.
So with the predicted iPhone 4 specs it will only attract an even bigger market.
Can only see next year as being a better result.
And just think, this is a peanuts results list compared to oil company's and banks etc.
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Apple is doing everything wrong and doesn't know how to run a company! Fix the iPhone! macs suck! iTunes is garbage!
Apple is doing everything wrong and doesn't know how to run a company! Fix the iPhone! macs suck! iTunes is garbage!
That's highly debatable. As someone else said, Sony is making exactly the same kind of stuff (minus Mac OS) and not an IT company per se either.
There's a reason why Apple dropped the "computer" from their name.
This is so not the point.
They're still extremely bad for the customer because they kill innovation and cause artificially high prices.
No, I'm a Mac user (iMac, MacBook, iPod, iPhone - ****, even an Apple TV). I just get embarrassed by the blind gushiness of some of the posters here.
Channel inventory counts as "shipped" and all Apple SEC financial numbers are "shipped" numbers.
This isn't a "consignment shop" --- the carriers pay Apple the full amount for all the iphones that they received. Whether the carriers can sell the iphones, that's the carriers' problem.
If you're not agreeing with them, you're suddenly subject to baseless accusations.
Archipelago (variant): definition: a string of tur.....islands along a tectonic fault. Like a couple of others here he has adamantly...uh, unusual opinions which are not subject to debate by mere mortals.
I don't have to be a 'genius' to see that you are a fool. Apple is not the biggest IT company in the world. Many of us would also disagree about how innovative they are.
YOU NEED A BREAK. FOR REAL.
Nor common sense.
Rothchild, once more: this is an Apple forum talking about a record-breaking quarter and populated by Apple fans. Trolling and blind criticism are not warranted here.
1)I am enjoying Apple's success
2)I work with and around IT vendors every day...and have been for 10+ years. While you may find a "definition" to suit your needs, you are the only one on the Earth that is labeling Apple as an IT company. By your interpretation of your definition, every single computer software company and computer hardware company is defined as an IT company...IT companies provide far more "services" than simply selling you a packaged (off-the-shelf) software or hardware product. Those services usually include custom software code, custom bug fixes, subject matter expertise and design of a complete "solution", training and certifications, negotiated pricing and support contracts, etc. Hence companies like IBM, HP, and EMC are defined (and advertise themselves) as IT companies. Sure, IT companies may also sell packaged software solutions or hardware pieces...but just because a company creates software does not designate it as an "IT company"...that would be like stating all animals with tails are categorized as dogs.
I could be wrong but last year Microsoft had a quarterly net-income of $3.05 billion, it's not yet consistently so for every quarter but the writing is on the wall. Microsoft is every year less profitable and heavily relying on 2 major cashcows, the tipping point can't be that far off.
Sorry, then you use a really narrow definition of IT yourself.
Besides, Apple dropped the "computer" from its name simply because it wanted to appeal to the masses in a way that expanded its marketing prowess beyond the usual nerdish realm of "computers"...and the whole world is gonna go bananas again with the tablet on Wednesday...trust me.
However, quarterly iPhone sales are all over the place depending on new releases etc. Quite unlike iPod and Mac sales which are rather stable (on a very nice upward curve). iPhone sales would be a nightmare for anyone studying statistics