Terry Gregory
The iPad death watch
April 3, 2013: 2:03 PM ETCelebrating the three-year anniversary of Apple's tablet computer.
From AAPLInvestors.net
FORTUNE -- "Behold the Apple iFlop" was TheStreet's headline. Bill Gates declared it not quite there yet. Paul Thurrott called it "a high priced, unnecessary trinket." Dan Lyons was let down. Eric Schmidt couldn't see the difference between a tablet and a large phone. John Dvorak couldn't see anyone under 30 ever wanting one.
And those were some of the nicer things the early critics had to say about Apple's (AAPL) iPad, which launched three years ago today.
The quotes come from the collection of AAPLInvestor's Terry Gregory, whose tribute to anti-iPad fatuousness has grown since the last time we visited from a couple dozen quotes to 234 items, each annotated with names, dates and live links.
Gregory's iPad Death Watch would be a trip down memory lane, except that the naysaying never seems to stop.
Thanks to Horace Dediu for the reminder.
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The perils of putting all your nest egg into Apple's basket
Fortune profiles investors who have done just that
FORTUNE -- Given that Apple (AAPL) suffered its worst trading day in four years Wednesday -- losing nearly $35 billion in market value by the closing bell -- this might seem an odd time for Fortune to run a profile of investors like Terry and Jeanne Gregory (pictured at right) who have put almost their entire life savings -- about $2.5 million -- into MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Dec 6, 2012 11:54 AM ET -
Apple at $630: 18 analysts whose targets are under water
Price targets of $1,001 and $920 are getting the headlines. But what about the stragglers?
If you've read anything about Apple (AAPL) lately, you've probably heard that the stock is on a tear, up more than 50% since January to close at $629.32 Tuesday, a new record high.
Two weeks ago, a flurry of analysts hurried to set new price targets in the $660 to $800 range, and this week two more made MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Apr 4, 2012 6:45 AM ET -
Does anyone care what Ed Zabitsky says about Apple?
An analyst with a $270 target and "sell short" rating may have a credibility problem
I applaud my CNNMoney colleague Hibah Yousuf for trying to pin down which hedge funds have been dumping their Apple (AAPL) shares lately, but I'm not sure I would have used ACI Research's Edward Zabitsky as a source for a piece entitled Not everyone loves Apple's stock.
To call Zabitsky's most recent note -- published Jan. 25 -- an MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Feb 18, 2012 12:11 PM ET -
Apple went from its 8th highest close to its 19th in one day
Even for a stock as volatile as Apple, Wednesday was a weird one
According to Terry Gregory, who keeps track of such things at AAPLInvestors.net, Apple (AAPL) was set to register its 8th highest close of all time -- $408.25 -- Wednesday before the selling started. By 4 p.m., it had fallen to $402.64 a share, its 19th highest close.
Gregory's one-word comment on Investor Village's AAPL Sanity board: "Ugh."
Subscribers to the theory of MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Dec 29, 2011 8:24 AM ETPosted in: AAPLinvestors.net, Apple, Calls, Max pain, Options, Puts, Share price, Terry Gregory, Weeklys -
AAPL: Back in the groove
Take away the crash of 2008, and you can see Apple's share price go up $100 every year
Terry Gregory, who collects what he calls "useful stats" at AAPLInvestors.net, has created the chart at right that shows the year-over-year percentage increases in Apple's (AAPL) share price every month for the past five and half years, starting with January 2006.
Investors troubled by the stock's lackluster performance in the winter and spring of MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Jul 10, 2011 6:19 AM ET -
Apple opens at record high $321
The stock has climbed nearly 65% in the past 12 months
Having closed at an all-time record $318.62 Monday, Apple (AAPL) picked up Tuesday morning where it left off.
It opened at $321 -- itself a record high -- and quickly rose to a new intraday high of $321.30.
In fact, Apple has spent much of the past two months in record territory, thanks to a strong product lineup and a string of MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Nov 9, 2010 11:18 AM ET -
The great iPad death watch, Part 2
Even as people were queuing up to buy the device, critics were dancing on its grave
AAPLinvestors' Terry Gregory, a longtime Apple (AAPL) stockholder, likes to collect what he believes to be misguided quotes about the company's products.
His site hosts a fascinating list of early Macintosh reviews and what may be the definitive collection of dumb iPhone quotes.
In that spirit, he started a "death watch" MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Jun 1, 2010 7:53 AM ET -
The great iPad death watch
Even before Apple ships Steve Jobs' latest creation, the critics are dancing on its grave
AAPLinvestors' Terry Gregory, a longtime Apple (AAPL) stockholder, likes to collect what he believes to be misguided quotes about the company's products.
His site hosts a fascinating list of early Macintosh reviews and what may be the definitive collection of dumb iPhone quotes.
In that spirit, he has started a "death watch" collection for the iPad tablet computer. MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Mar 9, 2010 1:38 PM ET
