quote:Originally posted by Ace of Spades: I laugh when I hear people shoritn AAPL....
they messed up when they decided to go with ATT to provide service for the new "toy"...
i don't think they're gonna sell as many as they hoped... but shorting it? nahhhhhh.
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quote:Originally posted by Jo4321: Earnings reported.
Hit $144.00 in after hours.
Why did I sell this at $70.00 last year?
Jo
Here I am ready with my stop at 133.50 to guarantee a profit. It's at 144.00 now so I'm rasing it as I think it will drop back down below 140 end of day.
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How many of you have played with an IPhone? I don't have one, but stopped in to the store to check it out... The thing is friggin awesome. It seems to me if that Apple continues to put out such innovative products, the stock will continue to perform. If the IPhone is evidence of the future, then the future looks bright to me. (of course, they need more/better carriers)
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Their earning report was amusing relating to what people were speculating. I give em props.
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quote:Originally posted by Ramius: How many of you have played with an IPhone? I don't have one, but stopped in to the store to check it out... The thing is friggin awesome. It seems to me if that Apple continues to put out such innovative products, the stock will continue to perform. If the IPhone is evidence of the future, then the future looks bright to me. (of course, they need more/better carriers)
I wouldn't go as far as callin it "friggin awesome", and that's mostly ATT's fault. The text messaging is VERY nice as well as pretty much the rest of the touch interface. If Apple does incorporate a version of the touchscreen into the ipod, then this train aint slowing down anytime soon. ...and you know Apple has got to already be working on the next version of the iphone; it's probably mostly done. Really, the main thing that I left with when playing around with an iphone is that it is a beautiful piece of industrial design (guaranteed iconic status) and is also so friggin fun to use!
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should have taken the opportunity to pick some up at $129 yesterday
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APPL is at the end of its iPhone run. The next competitors will be out soon and the glory is over.
Many rushed out and bought the phone for the bling factor but are starting to realize.. they cant even use it!
For twice the competitors price... iphone does not let you:
cant send mms messsages (picture messages) cannot be used as a modem (no way to use it with your laptop for internet access) its "massive storage" can only hold itunes songs.. no data.. which is ok because it cant use any data like docs and xls files anyway. no synching with outlook (of course they dont want to deal with Microsoft products.. but huge limitation to anyone that uses a phone for more than a call) cant send anything over blue tooth. no java or 3rd part application support no voice activated dialing no external storage like SD cards hell, you cant even use your iTunes songs as ring tones!
Stick a fork in it
People are finally starting to see that their iphone is pretty much a useless toy.. mauahhahah!
Oh, forgot the silly web browser also doesnt support flash!
Ok now im done.
STILL not covering my short position yet.
$112 and dropping.
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As long as Steve Jobs is CEO AAPL will continue going up long term...after this market blip aapl will recover.
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quote:Originally posted by TimW: APPL is at the end of its iPhone run. The next competitors will be out soon and the glory is over.
Many rushed out and bought the phone for the bling factor but are starting to realize.. they cant even use it!
For twice the competitors price... iphone does not let you:
cant send mms messsages (picture messages) cannot be used as a modem (no way to use it with your laptop for internet access) its "massive storage" can only hold itunes songs.. no data.. which is ok because it cant use any data like docs and xls files anyway. no synching with outlook (of course they dont want to deal with Microsoft products.. but huge limitation to anyone that uses a phone for more than a call) cant send anything over blue tooth. no java or 3rd part application support no voice activated dialing no external storage like SD cards hell, you cant even use your iTunes songs as ring tones!
Stick a fork in it
People are finally starting to see that their iphone is pretty much a useless toy.. mauahhahah!
Oh, forgot the silly web browser also doesnt support flash!
Ok now im done.
STILL not covering my short position yet.
$112 and dropping.
I found this amusing the other day when I read it.
You seem to only pick out the things the phone does not do, as if Apple said the phone was suppose to have those features and sold it without them.
Did you ever think that just maybe people buy the phone because it doesn't have those features? What makes Bluetooth, Outlook, etc superior to all other applications?
Just my comments before I go to bed. Night
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TIMW....Apple already has other phones being made right now!!!
...they will release even better phones soon...the first IPHONE was just to get their feet wet...and let the World know they mean business...Apple phones are here to stay Posts: 2011 | Registered: Aug 2006
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The thing I like about the iphone is that it's sort of the beginnings of this "black box" device, in that it can be whatever it wants to be because the user interface is "soft". The functionality of this "black box" would just be a matter of uploading firmware. I'm looking forward to seeing if/how Apple runs with this concept.
I think this is what makes the iphone a new class of device and just cant be compared to something that is already out there.
I agree with Ace though that Apple is working on other phones, because I just cant see them meeting their market share goals without some sort of additional intervention.
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Tuesday Sep 4 2007 18:20 Sales of Apple's iPhone outpaced those of the BlackBerry and other leading smart phone brands in July, according to a survey released on Tuesday.
The study by iSuppli, a market research group, comes as Apple prepares to launch the iPhone in the UK, Germany and France ahead of the Christmas shopping season.
The company is rumoured to be planning to unveil a revamped line of iPod music players at a special event in San Francisco today.
iSuppli cautioned some of the iPhone's success in its first full month on the market could be due to "pent-up demand following months of hype". "Real proof of success will come in the coming months as demand patterns stabilise," iSuppli said.
It said the iPhone could not be directly compared with smart phones such as the BlackBerry or Palm, because iPhone users lacked the ability to install third-party software. The lack of such an ability could limit the iPhone's potential use to companies, which are the main buyers of internet-enabled smartphones.
Nonetheless, the results of an iSuppli's survey of more than 2m US consumers provided further evidence that early sales of the iPhone met many analysts' bullish expectations.
iSuppli said Apple's long-awaited mobile handset accounted for 1.8 per cent of US handset sales in July, its first full month on the market. It expects Apple to ship 4.5m iPhones this year.
Apple's shares rose 4.1 per cent to $144.16 on Tuesday in New York, capping a rise of more than 15 per cent since the iPhone made its debut in the US at the end of June.
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iphone 8gb price reduced $200 to $399? Am I getting this news right? Also 4gb iphone discontinued?
The new ipod touch looks very much like the iphone. What will this "black box" device become next?
Apple stock price movement sure does follow the moniker "Buy the rumour, sell the news".
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