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To: sylvester80 who wrote (3162)	4/2/2011 1:54:06 PM
From: Doren	Respond to of 3170

I attend a local iOS developer meeting in San Diego. Those in the know say that this controversy is due to the fact that an unvetted web app theoretically has the ability to surreptitiously download and execute an .exe file. I'm not a professional programmer so the semantics of my description may be a bit off. The bottom line is the more knowledgeable developers at the iOS developer meeting have spoken to Apple reps and believe the Apple reps' explanations. Additionally the reps told developers (who believe them) Apple is fully behind the web apps system/ecology, is working on the problem and intends to support web apps fully. These are not purely Mac centric people, having diverse and longtime backgrounds. (Databases, enterprise software, Java developers.) From my own observations after a demonstration of DashCode, which was originally developed for Dashboard apps on Macs, it makes web app development stone simple. In fact you can develop iPhone and iPad web apps simultaneously using DashCode. I doubt that Apple would have put all the work they did into DashCode to make it compatible with iPhone/iPad development if they weren't pretty serious about the system.

To: sylvester80 who wrote (3162)	4/26/2011 1:47:13 PM
From: puborectalis	1 Recommendation Respond to of 3170

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To: sylvester80 who wrote (3162)	6/16/2011 10:42:32 AM
From: puborectalis	Respond to of 3170

J.P. Morgan sees the MacBook Air as a $3 billion business By Philip Elmer-DeWitt June 16, 2011: 10:07 AM ET Expects average sales of Apple's "quasi-tablet for productivity users" to hit 700,000/quarter In early April, J.P. Morgan's Mark Moskowitz issued a glowing report on Apple's thinnest notebook computer in which he predicted that Apple would sell $2.2 billion worth of MacBook Airs in the next 12-18 months. On Thursday he revised his estimates -- upward. Not only did the new models introduced last September sell like crazy in the Christmas quarter, but according to Moskowitz, that initial runrate seems to be sustainable. MacBook Air sales grew 2.9% the following quarter, compared to a 10% quarterly drop for the rest of the PC industry. Apple shipped 432,000 MacBook Air units in calendar Q1 2011 and Moskowitz expects that to grow to an average 700,000 units over the next four quarters. At an average selling price of $1,500, that's $3.22 billion a year, which could tack another $0.30 on Apple's (AAPL) earnings per share. "In our view," Moskowitz writes, "the MacBook Air increasingly will be recognized as offering users tablet-like functionality – ultra-portability, thinness, and instant-on – while offering an integrated keyboard and a full computing applications suite to complete professional work-related tasks. Given the underwhelming performance of the non-Apple tablets in the tablet market so far, we expect more PC vendors to shift focus to the ultra-thin notebook PC (based on SSD storage)." Moskowitz rates the stock "Overweight" with a $450 price target. Apple opened Thursday at $326.79.

To: sylvester80 who wrote (3162)	7/3/2011 12:30:56 AM
From: puborectalis	Respond to of 3170

Report: Apple set to launch iPhone 5, iPad 3 Dayton Business Journal - by DBJ Staff Date: Saturday, July 2, 2011, 8:58pm EDT Related: Technology, Retailing & Restaurants, Social Networking, Electronics Enlarge Image Apple is set to launch both the new iPhone 5 and new iPad 3 in October, according to a report. Apple Inc. is planning a fall surprise that includes launching both the new iPhone 5 and the iPad 3 in October, according to a report. A Taiwan-based tech blog called DigiTimes cites industry sources when it reports that companies in the Asian nation that are part of the supply chain for making the iPhone 5 and iPad 3 have started preparations to supply materials for the production of the two devices. The blog reports Apple will announce the products in September before they hit store shelves around the world in October. "The sources pointed out that the iPhone 5's supply volume is estimated to be around 6-7 million units in the third quarter and with the addition of iPhone 4 shipments, total iPhone shipments in the quarter will reach 24-25 million units with volumes to maintain at the same level in the fourth quarter," DigiTimes reports. "In 2011, Apple is forecasted to ship over 85 million iPhones." It also reports that total iPad shipments in 2011 have a chance at surpassing 40 million units globally. When the iPad 2 launched this spring it sold out in 10 minutes at local MacTownstores as well as Best Buy Co. locations in the Dayton region.