Apple profit surges 95 percent on iPod sales

Yahoo News ^ | 01/18/2006

[Lauretij2]

Fad or not, ipods are here to stay.

[birbear]

Props to Apple.

I'm considering one of the new Intel based iMac machines.

[Lunatic Fringe]

As an ex-Microsoft Borg, I say Kudos to Apple. But I'm not giving up my PC until Macs are cheaper.

[reagan_fanatic]

I just bought the iPod Shuffle. Neat little player, great sound and about the size of a pack of gum.

[IncPen]

Geeks discussing the iPod and how it will ruin Apple. Circa October, 2001.

[diverteach]

"Fad or not, ipods are here to stay."

NOT!

Cellphones will quickly become a "do everything" device. Hell, my cellphone which is going on 2 year old technology does everything an ipod does, full pda, gps, internet browser, etc, and watch TV if I paid for the service.

Ipods are just a fad.

BTW, the Treo 650 is one AWESOME phone.

[BunnySlippers]

I'm a BIG fan ... but the earnings came in under expectations. Stock way down in the after market. :(

[ARA]

Ipods will evolve... they are not a fad..

C

[furquhart]

I think that the Apple name - even if it isn't the best technology - and a number of other factors mean the iPod is here to stay.

I just bought an iPod video last week (having already had a Shuffle and a 2Gen model) and, I've just got to say, I love the thing.

The biggest things Apple has going for it are:

1) iTunes.
2) Name recognition.

I bought my first iPod because, having used iTunes to buy stuff, it was the easiest way to export it to an MP3 player.

My iPod video also serves as a sort of PVR (I bought their damned proprietary video cable), it's just great.

[HAL9000]

Apple is working on iPhone. Stay tuned...

[cmsgop]

Apple reported net income of 565 million dollars, or 65 cents a share, for the first fiscal quarter to December 31, up from 295 million a year earlier. The report beat analyst forecasts of a profit of 55 cents per share.

[theFIRMbss]

>"Fad or not, ipods are here to stay."
>>NOT! Cellphones will quickly become a "do everything" device.

I have heard rumors
Google is going to team
with Apple and make

some kind of add-on
to the iPod that cheaply
will turn the iPod

into a whiz-bang
do-everything web browser
and everything else . . .

[Panerai]

"Ipods are just a fad" - and if apple comes out with their own phone/ipod, they have already trademarked the term "Mobile Me" for a mobile device. All the geniuses who claim that the ipod is a fad, conveniently seem to overlook how the ipod has continued to improve and evolve, and stay on top of other mp3 players.

[martin_fierro]

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[American_Centurion]

I bought the Creative Zen Sleek, 20GB for the same price as the iPod Nano.

Works great, and I didn't give commie Jobs a red cent. Love it.

[Moonman62]

Geeks discussing the iPod and how it will ruin Apple. Circa October, 2001.

LOL, that's why a market economy is so wonderful.

[Cooter]

Posting from a 650 right now.

[BunnySlippers]

I can tell you I turned off my Reuters machine 2 hours after the closing bell. Apple was trading in the 77 to 78 range. From Investor's Business Daily (which I also used to work for):

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ibd/20060119/bs_ibd_ibd/2006118feature

Apple's stock fell 3% to 82.49 in trading Wednesday, ahead of the earnings release. It tumbled another 4% in after-hours trading following the report.

[Cooter]

Posting on a Treo 650 right now.