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Technology Stocks : Apple Inc. -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: aaplfan who wrote (60059)	1/3/2007 8:41:20 PM
From: shlurker	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 213181

well, I'm a long time investor, so these pre-MacWorld fluctuations don't matter too much for me (as long as SJ is healthy and jail-free of course!) imho - it all depends on what they come up with next week. I don't mean iPhones iPods, etc., but what they have in mind for iTV. I'm hoping that they hit the jackpot design for all-encompassing living-room entertainment. They have all the components to do this imho. 'Only' the systems integration is needed. It's got to be simple at level zero, starting with a 4-button TVremote. It's got to be killer-effective at the highest level, involving the power of MacOS. Finally, it's got to be graded, with enough intermediate levels so that all sorts of different folks can be comfortable with it after they find their 'spot'. Kind of like the iPod experience, where some people just play songs with it, and others use it to program daily Podcasts, all with the same device, backed up with a powerful home computer.

To: aaplfan who wrote (60059)	1/4/2007 10:47:48 AM
From: jbn3	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 213181

Apple's net sales climb 400 percent in five years Apple financials confirm four-fold growth Apple's net sales climbed almost 400 per cent in five years, financial statements reveal Jonny Evans Apple's net sales have grown nearly four times in just five years. The company filed restated financial results in December. These results showed an $84million charge for historical options irregularities, but also show continued and sustained growth for the company. According to the company's Form 10-K, Apple's net sales in FY 2002 reached $5,742 million. Net sales have grown each year since then, as follows: $6,207 million in 2003; $8,279 million in 2004; $13,931 million in 2005; achieving phenomenal growth in 2006 with $19,315 million. Net income climbed from $42 million in 2002 to $1,989 million in 2006. Whichever way you look at it, these results are impressive for a company once rejected as a dead duck. The results also confirm a mass migration from desktop to portable systems among most PC users. For the quarter ended 30 September 2006, Apple saw desktop sales drop 3 per cent, to 2,434,000 (year-on-year); however, portable sales saw an incredible 43 per cent growth, with 4,056,000 units sold. "Mac net sales increased $1.1 billion or 18 per cent during 2006 compared to 2005. Unit sales increased by 769,000 units or 17 per cent during 2006 compared to 2005," the company observed, citing strong demand for MacBooks and MacBook Pros. Apple reflects that its desktop sales were impacted by the relatively late release of the Intel processor-powered Mac Pro in August 2006, and the need for professional applications (such as Photoshop) designed to take full advantage of the new Intel processors. iPod sales also climbed in the quarter by a very respectable 69 per cent, with 7,676,000 iPods sold. Apple revealed: "Net sales of iPods increased $3.1 billion or 69 per cent during 2006 compared to 2005. Unit sales of iPods totalled 39.4 million in 2006, which represents an increase of 75 per cent from 22.5 million iPod units sold in 2005," the company management wrote in the SEC filing. The "other music-related products and services" category – which includes iTunes sales, iPod services and sale of third-party iPod accessories – also climbed by 110 per cent, adding $1,885 million to the company's bottom line. Apple confirmed significant growth in iTunes sales through its US online media store. Net sales of software, services and other sales climbed $188 million or 17 per cent, year on year. ============================================ Note: I highlighted a paragraph near the end. It seems some posters here believe that iTunes sales are 'bottom-line negligible'. This should totally dispel that idea. Thanks to LifeIsGood, IV board.