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Apple Third Quarter Results: 78% Earnings Increase
on Record Revenue
PR: Apple announced financial results for its fiscal 2010
third quarter ended June 26, 2010. The Company posted record revenue of
$15.7 billion and net quarterly profit of $3.25 billion, or $3.51 per
diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $9.73 billion and
net quarterly profit of $1.83 billion, or $2.01 per diluted share, in
the year-ago quarter. Gross margin was 39.1% compared to 40.9% in the
year-ago quarter. International sales accounted for 52% of the
quarter's revenue.
Apple sold 3.47 million Macs during the quarter, representing a new
quarterly record and a 33% unit increase over the year-ago quarter. The
Company sold 8.4 million iPhones in the quarter, representing 61% unit
growth over the year-ago quarter. Apple sold 9.41 million iPods during
the quarter, representing an 8% unit decline from the year-ago quarter.
The Company began selling iPads during the quarter, with total sales of
3.27 million.
It was a phenomenal quarter that exceeded our expectations all
around, including the most successful product launch in Apple's history
with iPhone 4, said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. iPad is off to a terrific
start, more people are buying Macs than ever before, and we have
amazing new products still to come this year.
We re really pleased to have generated over $4 billion of cash
during the quarter, said Peter Oppenheimer, Apple's CFO. Looking ahead
to the fourth fiscal quarter of 2010, we expect revenue of about $18
billion and we expect diluted earnings per share of about $3.44
Notes of Interest from Apple's Q3 2010 Conference
Call
AppleInsider staff members have posted a collection of statistical snippets and
comments by Apple executives.
Despite iPhone and iPad Celebrity, Apple's Macs
Still Going Strong
Contra Costa Times' John Boudreau reports that despite all the
attention focused on the iPad and 4G iPhone. Apple's MacBook laptops, iMac desktops, and low-end Mac mini desktops continue
to represent a major portion of the Cupertino company's business and
innovative focus. A glance at the company's patent files indicates
Apple's engineers continue to tinker with the Macintosh family of
computers with innovations like solar power, touchscreen technology,
and a MacBook with invisible buttons, keyboards, and trackpad.
Boudreau notes that Mac systems sales brought Apple $3.76 billion*
in revenues last quarter, and shipments of Mac computers increasing
13.5% last year while the global PC industry overall grew only 2.9%. He
cites Kaufman Brothers analyst Shaw Wu declaring that: "The Mac still
represents the ultimate Apple experience. It's where it all started.
It's still arguably the heart of the company."
Link: Despite iPhone
and iPad Celebrity, Apple's Macs Still Going Strong
Rumors About the Coming Mac Pro and iMac
Hardmac's Lionel says one of the French Mac news site's better
sources has indicated that new Mac Pro desktops are planned for the end
of the summer back-to-school period, with new iMacs coming a few weeks
or a month later at the beginning of autumn.
The source also predicts that these machines will be the first Macs
to incorporate USB 3.0 and a faster FireWire interface - either 1600 or
3200 Mbps - but no Blu-ray support.
Link: Rumour: Some
little tidbits on the Mac Pro and iMac
MacPaint Source Code Archived Online
Macworld's Serenity Caldwell reports:
"If you were a Mac user in the 1980s, chances are you knew - and
loved - Apple's MacPaint
drawing program, developed by Bill Atkinson. The
application, which paved the way for programs like Photoshop by developing key
tools like the paint bucket and lasso, has long been remembered fondly
by developers and users alike - and on Tuesday, its source code was
formally inaugurated into the Computer History Museum's online
collection."
Link: MacPaint Source
Code Archived Online
MacPaint and QuickDraw Source Code at Computer
History Museum
The Computer History Museum says:
"The Apple
Macintosh combined brilliant design in hardware and in software.
The drawing program MacPaint, which was released with the computer in
January of 1984, was an example of that brilliance both in what it did,
and in how it was implemented.
"For those who want to see how it worked 'under the hood', we are
pleased, with the permission of Apple Inc., to make available the
original program source code of MacPaint and the underlying QuickDraw
graphics library.
"Note: This material is Copyright 1984 Apple Inc. and is made
available only for non-commercial use."
Link: MacPaint and
QuickDraw Source Code
Products & Services
Seagate GoFlex Home: Easy-to-Use Centralized
Storage for the Whole Family - and Compatible with Time Machine
Seagate has unveiled the newest addition to its GoFlex family of
hard drives, the GoFlex Home network storage system. When this
easy-to-use device is connected to a wireless router, an entire
household can centrally store, easily access, and continuously backup
files wirelessly from both Windows and Mac OS X operating systems
on the home network. The new centralized storage system simplifies the
backup process by being compatible with Apple Time Machine, as well as
including a version of the backup application for both Windows and Mac
OS X operating systems. With the GoFlex Home storage system,
families can also wirelessly stream photos, movies, and music to most
network-connected DLNA devices, such as game consoles or a GoFlex TV HD
media player, from any room in the house. With just two cable
connections and a simple, illustrated, step-by-step installation tool
that gets the device up and running in minutes, the GoFlex Home system
solves the household storage puzzle in a snap.
Solutions designed to help access content from multiple devices
in the home, distribute it over the home network, and stream to other
devices and products, will be appealing to active digital media
consumers.
Available in 1 TB and 2 TB capacities, the GoFlex Home
storage system provides plenty of room to help safeguard precious
digital memories for the whole family and is ideal for use with home
laptops, netbooks, or other devices with limited storage. Unlike other
single-drive network solutions, its modular design also enables the
included drive to be upgraded when needed by simply removing the drive
from the base (no tools required) and replacing it with a higher
capacity GoFlex Desk hard drive. Families can also add more storage to
the GoFlex Home system by simply connecting additional drives to the
USB port. Additionally, this same USB port can be used to wirelessly
share a USB printer with every computer on the network.
"With broadband and home networks reaching higher levels of
penetration and operating at higher speeds, consumers are increasingly
downloading and streaming content into their home and wanting to access
that content from anywhere," says Seagate's vice president of Retail
Sales and Marketing Darcy Clarkson. "The GoFlex Home system makes it
easy for families wanting to quickly and effortlessly backup, enjoy,
and share their favorite home movies music or photos from any room in
the house. We spent a lot of time focusing on simplicity with this
product and believe people will find it very intuitive to setup and get
started. With the GoFlex Home system, now home networking is within
reach for today's digital households."
A recent report by In-Stat predicts the consumer network storage
market will continue to grow between 25% and 50% over the next five
years. In addition, the number of devices connected to the home
network, and the number of devices that are mobile or portable, are
creating desire for consumers to move in and out of their home
networking environment with their content. Using the included remote
access and file sharing service on GoFlex Home system called Seagate
Share service, families can easily access movies, music or photo files
stored on their GoFlex Home system from any Internet connected computer
in the world. The Seagate Share service also allows families to share
photo albums, home movies and documents with friends by simply
selecting the files or folders they want to share and typing in an
email address. Those friends will receive a notification with a direct
link to a customized webpage where they can view the shared files.
"Consumers are showing increased interest in downloading and
streaming content from the Internet into the home, connecting devices
in the home to social networks, and demanding easy access to content
both within the household and beyond the reach of home networks," says
Norm Bogen, vice president, Research, Digital Entertainment with
In-Stat. "Solutions designed to help access content from multiple
devices in the home, distribute it over the home network and stream to
other devices and products, will be appealing to active digital media
consumers."
The GoFlex Home system also offers a premium service option the
Seagate Share Pro remote access service that allows families to access
content stored on the drive from mobile devices such as an iPhone, iPad
or BlackBerry, integrate photos or files with Facebook and Flickr, and
keep friends and relatives updated with the latest shared files using
Integrated RSS (Really Simple Syndication) notifications.
In addition to delivering quick and easy wireless, file access,
streaming and multicomputer backup of digital files, the GoFlex Home
network storage system has been designed with the cost and
environmentally conscious households in mind. The GoFlex Home system
also includes a power saving (idle) mode that automatically runs after
30-minutes of inactivity and a power switch that allows it to be shut
off while families are away for extended periods.
The new GoFlex Home network storage system can be purchased on
Seagate.com and select retailers for a suggested retail price of
$159.99 for 1 TB and $229.99 for 2 TB.
Link:
Seagate GoFlex Home (available for preorder from Amazon.com at
$159
for 1 TB, $229
for 2 TB)
Tryten Technologies Releases Innovative 2010 Mac
mini Security Mount
Tryten Technologies of Seattle announces the release of the Mac
mini Security Mount. Tryten's adaptable Mac mini Mount secures the
2010 Mac mini to a variety
of locations, including the back of a monitor or to any side of a
workspace, without limiting functionality.
The Tryten Mac mini Security Mount features a LockBar with a
seven-pin pick-resistant lock. Even while protected, the open design of
this Mac mini Mount allows easy access to all peripheral connections
and the disk slot, and maintains optimal WiFi and Bluetooth
communications. The sleek design of the Tryten Mount offers alternative
locking options including a wide selection of keyed or combination
locks, and a built-in security slot for added flexibility. Whether
secured with the Tryten LockBar or also with a Tryten Security Cable,
the refined yet rugged Mac mini Mount offers convenient adaptability to
any workplace configuration.
Link:
Mac mini Security Mount
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