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Apple to release iPhone 5 sales (and 2012 earnings) on Oct. 25
The results of a hard-to-predict quarter are coming out a little late this year
FORTUNE -- Apple's (AAPL) fourth fiscal quarter of 2012 -- which closed last Saturday, Sept. 29 -- was supposed to be even weaker than the third.
As CEO Tim Cook explained to analysts last July, Q3's earnings were reduced by customers who put off buying an iPhone after reading press reports that Apple was working on a new MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Oct 2, 2012 5:50 AM ET -
Does Apple have a Scott Forstall problem?
An heir apparent to Steve Jobs was in charge of both Siri and the new Maps app
FORTUNE -- There's no shortage of embarrassing instances where Apple (AAPL) Maps "fell short" -- as Tim Cook's public apology put it -- but on Friday Canadian reader John Garner pointed me to a particularly striking one.
Jason Matheson, a fellow Canadian with a knack for Mac programming, ran a quick Xcode script that compared MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Sep 29, 2012 11:45 AM ET -
Tim Cook apologizes for Apple's new Maps app
Offers users alternatives: Bing, MapQuest, Waze and Google and Nokia's Web apps
FORTUNE -- For Apple (AAPL) watchers looking for signs that the company changed after Steve Jobs died, here's one for the books.
On Friday, his successor, Tim Cook, issued an apology to Apple customers:
"At Apple, we strive to make world-class products that deliver the best experience possible to our customers. With the launch of our new Maps last week, we MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Sep 28, 2012 9:06 AM ET -
Gene Munster: iPhone 5 stockouts in 16 of 20 stores
Only 4 stores in smaller cities had iPhones 5s available for sale, and only for Sprint
FORTUNE -- Noting that Apple (AAPL) can't build iPhone 5s fast enough to meet demand, a slightly defensive Gene Munster on Friday rattled off the reasons Piper Jaffray still believes Apple will sell at least 49 million units in the quarter that starts next week:
65% of consumers surveyed last summer said they planned to buy an iPhone MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Sep 28, 2012 7:39 AM ET -
Videos: Queuing up for Apple's iPhone 5 in 22 languages
The original touchscreen smartphone can still draw a crowd
FORTUNE -- One week after the iPhone 5's Sept. 21 debut in nine countries, Apple (AAPL) launched the new phone in 22 more: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.
We scoured YouTube for videos early Friday, and this is what we found:
Barcelona:
Amsterdam:
Copenhagen:
Budapest:
Stockholm and Malmo:
Prague:
Milan:
Rome:
Catania:
Warsaw:
Valencia:
Madrid:
Malaga:
Geneva:
Barcelona MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Sep 28, 2012 6:20 AM ET -
What part did Google play in Apple's Maps app soap opera?
The search giant has been coy about what it did -- and what it's doing now
FORTUNE -- The assumption behind much of the nonstop coverage of Apple's (AAPL) cartographic crisis is that the damage was entirely self-inflicted. Apple rolled its new iOS Maps app out before it was ready and its mobile users -- wandering the globe without a trustworthy electronic atlas -- have paid the price.
But it takes two MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Sep 26, 2012 10:22 AM ET -
The iPhone 5's overlooked killer feature
Most of the jaw-wagging about the new iPhone misses the point: Apple has made its iconic gadget radically faster in one single move.
FORTUNE – By now, many are aware of that new record: 5 million iPhone 5s during its first week. For its part, Apple (AAPL) has done a good job marketing features like its meticulously machined thinner body and an even trimmer "Lightning" charging cord. But does it warrant MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Sep 26, 2012 6:37 AM ET -
Four reasons Apple's iPhone 5 sales were anything but soft
"Don't be fooled," writes an analyst. "This is an epic launch."
FORTUNE -- Topeka Capital's Brian White, whose $1,111 price target for Apple (AAPL) is the highest we've seen from a mainstream analyst, issued a note Tuesday offering four reasons the market (which at one point Monday had knocked $16 billion off Apple's market cap) misread the significance of the 5 million iPhones sold last weekend.
"iPhone 5 Pre-Orders Were a Blowout MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Sep 25, 2012 8:27 AM ET -
Survey: 22% of Android owners say they're switching to Apple
On the other hand, 9% of iPhone owners say they're going the other way
FORTUNE: The fact-packed pie chart above is part of a larger infographic posted last week by Ask Your Target Market, a roll-your-own market research start-up. This one was created by co-founder Lev Mazin and was based on an online survey of 600 smartphone owners completed Sept. 17.
I'm not familiar with the firm and can't vouch for the MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Sep 25, 2012 7:42 AM ET -
Today in Tech: Why Facebook is worth $15
Apple sells 5 million iPhone 5 units during week one; why it's hip to be Square.
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JP Mangalindan, Writer - Sep 24, 2012 12:55 PM ET
