Mason Cohn, Producer - Oct 30, 2009 4:18 PM ET
Chatting with a Canadian analyst, Cupertino execs offer hints about Apple's future plans
Rendering: Piper Jaffray
Apple executives (AAPL) have strict rules about not discussing products that the company has not announced. But they'll talk about market opportunities, as three of them did on Thursday at a special event for RBC Capital. And sometimes that's enough to discern what direction the company is heading.
In a report to clients issued Friday, RBC's MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Oct 30, 2009 8:16 AM ET
New software transforms your phone into a GPS device – and a pretty good one, too
Navigon's MobileNavigator app for the iPhone has features some standalone units lack. Photo: Navigon.
As my wife will tell you, I have a comically bad sense of direction. I once got lost driving home from the mall.
This makes me a prime candidate for a GPS device. I've used a few for brief stints, mostly on long MORE
Jon Fortt - Oct 30, 2009 7:00 AM ET
Despite high prices and lack of Wi-Fi, hundreds line up in Beijing to buy Apple's smartphone
iPhone buyers in Beijing. Photo: it.chinanews.com.cn
Nobody camped out overnight and the lines didn't stretch for whole city blocks, but an hour before the iPhone was set to make its official debut in China, reporters in Beijing counted nearly 300 customers queued up to buy it, according to ChinaNews.com.
The first sale was scheduled to be MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Oct 30, 2009 5:59 AM ET
Apple has 93,000 to Android's 11,300. But how many applications do you really need?
Photos: Motorola, Apple
In the flurry of quickie reviews that appeared overnight after Wednesday's unveiling of Motorola's (MOT) Droid -- Google (GOOG) and Verizon's (VZ) latest answer to Apple's (AAPL) iPhone -- little has been said about how the two platforms stack up in terms of apps.
At first glance, it seems an unfair comparison. Apple has spent MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Oct 29, 2009 12:58 PM ETBen Baer, Senior Producer - Oct 29, 2009 10:54 AM ET
The largest smartphone maker you've never heard of wants to capture the hearts - and dollars - of the U.S. consumer.
Motorola's (MOT) Droid phone is getting a ton of buzz, and that's by design. Verizon Wireless (VZ) chief Marketing Officer John Stratton has said the marketing campaign behind its iPhone competitor will be the largest in its history.
But the Google (GOOG)-powered device isn't the only smartphone the company is likely MORE
Jessi Hempel, writer - Oct 29, 2009 6:53 AM ET
Those Get-a-Mac spots aren't cheap, but they deliver a lot of bang for the buck
Photo: Apple Inc..
Apple (AAPL) shells out a ton of money for advertising. In fiscal 2009 it spent $501 million, according to the 10-K form filed Tuesday. That's up from $486 million in 2008 and $467 million in 2007.
But half a billion doesn't seem like so much when it's compared with the $1.4 billion Microsoft (MSFT) MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Oct 28, 2009 12:19 PM ET
The Mac and iPod slices shrank between '08 and '09. iTunes grew a bit. iPhone grew a lot.
Source: Company reports
Steve Jobs likes to describe Apple's (AAPL) business model as a stool built on three-legs: the Mac, the iPod and the iPhone.
But a quick glance at the 2009 Form 10-K, which Apple filed on Tuesday, shows that it is now more like a four-leg chair, with a couple of wedge-shaped MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Oct 28, 2009 8:02 AM ET
Online jukebox Lala hooks up with Facebook and Google. Together, can they mount a serious challenge to Apple?
Lala's Nguyen aims to challenge Apple's iTunes. Photo: Lala
Apple rules music retail for now: iTunes passed Wal-Mart (WMT) last year to become the top-grossing music store in the world. But that doesn't mean things will stay that way.
The latest challenge to iTunes comes from Bill Nguyen, the serial entrepreneur who founded Lala.com.
Palo MORE
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