In a nutshell , Apple made a ton of money , beating Analyst expectations : $ 5.26 billion and final quarterly profit of $ 770 million .
That ’s …
, or $ .87 per diluted share . These results compare to tax revenue of $ 4.36 billion and final quarterly profit of $ 410 million , or $ .47 per dilute parcel , in the year - ago quarter .
A lot of that total from them sell Macs of all things : 1,517,000 of them , which is more like the number they sold during the vacation quarter . A lot of those through Apple Stores . The full mac sale were 57 % of their full revenue . Ironic since Apple drop “ Computer ” from their name .
iPod sale , pumped by Color Shuffle sales , jump 24 % , but I ’m not certain if that ’s from last quarter or from the same fourth part of last year .
Business 2.0 ’s liveblog enjoin this about the iPhone “ Apple is expire to keep introduce new software features for free ” . That ’s a easing because I really worry that widget would all be sold by AT&T and Apple for a enceinte deal of money , or even bad , they ’d be rent feature film . This scheme of updating the ironware with feature , is a majuscule trend , serious pioneered by TiVo , Slingbox , Zune , and a mo by the iPod .
suspicious when Fake Steve Jobs is more precise than Analysts : “ Do n’t ever bet against El Jobso ”
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