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Apple Conference Call: Yes on “Pro,” Cannibalizing iPods, No on Netbooks

Written on July 21, 2009 by Charles Jade and 10 people have commented

Peter Oppenheimer and Tim Cook hosted Apple’s third-quarter fiscal 2009 conference call, the “best non-holiday quarter ever” for revenue, and the second-best quarter for Mac sales.
For investors, if you didn’t suffer through the conference call, transcripts will appear sooner or later, but within the dry financial data there were few interesting facts for consumers. I [...]

Apple Q2 Financial Results Conference Call Set for April 22

Written on April 02, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 2 people have commented

It seems like it was only yesterday that Apple hosted their first-quarter 2009 financials conference call, but it was actually almost three months ago (hence why they’re called “quarterly”). Apple revealed the date for their upcoming second-quarter call today, which is set to take place April 22 at 2PM EST. Conference calls don’t usually contain [...]

Reading Between the Lines: Some Takeaways From Apple’s Q1 2009 Conference Call

Written on January 22, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 4 people have commented

Apple’s quarterly earnings call is primarily a retrospective affair. They report their numbers for the previous quarter, discuss strengths and weaknesses (and what made them strengths and weaknesses), and spend a little bit of time talking about how they plan on continuing and repeating success next time out. In the end, the only clear message [...]

Goodnight, Mac Mini — Apple Stops Mac Mini Shipments to Retailers

Written on October 21, 2008 by Darrell Etherington and 18 people have commented

In what is sure to be devastating news to those who who’ve been holding off on a new Mac purchase for the long-awaited Mini update, Gizmodo is reporting that Apple has ceased shipping new units to retailers. Two major European retailers are cited as the source for the news, both of which claim they’ve also [...]