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Apple raising Mac production, lowering iPod quotas?
According to a recent Macworld UK post, the Mac's sales are surging, and Apple has ramped up production on the Mac lines. Macworld received its information from recent Banc of America Securities research, which leads to the conclusion that along with raising Mac production, Apple has lowered production on the iPod lines (keeping in mind that this research predates the product announcements today). According to researchers, the production orders of Macs rose nearly 20%, while the production orders of the iPod fell 10-20%. The analyst speculates that Apple will be seeing an increasing demand for Macs.On a related note, Macworld UK also posted about the Mac and iPhone online usage being slightly up. The post states that Apple's hardware accounted for 7.57% of internet traffic for the month of January. iPhone traffic was also up, .13%, of total traffic from .12% in December. The iPod touch accounted for a whopping 0.04% of internet traffic. Contrast this with Windows Mobile traffic, which accounts for .06% -- Macworld states that this figure has remained constant since June 2007, which (oddly enough) is when the iPhone was released.
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pJ said 8:01PM on 2-05-2008
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http://www.gulf-news.com/business/Technology/10187549.html
Apple unveils higher capacity iPod and iPhone
Reuters
Published: February 05, 2008, 23:41
New York: Apple Inc on Tuesday introduced new models of its popular iPod touch handheld computer and iPhone with double the memory that was available in the current versions.
Apple, which said in January it had sold more than four million iPhones since sales began last June, says the iPhone will now also sell with 16 gigabytes of memory.
The iPod touch, a wireless touch-screen device that plays music and videos, adds a 32 gigabyte model.
Both devices will sell for $499, Apple said.
Apple will continue to sell its iPhone with eight gigabytes of memory for $399, and two lower-capactiy versions of the iPod touch, 16 gigabytes and eight gigabytes, for $399 and $299, respectively.
The updated models come amid a slump in Apple's stock, due to fears that a US recession could make consumers less likely to buy iPods or iPhones.
The stock, which closed yesterday at $131.65 on Nasdaq, is down more than 33 per cent so far this year.
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Larry said 5:23AM on 2-07-2008
The Mac sales got bigger.
The iPod sales got smaller.
The Mac production team got bigger.
The iPod production team got smaller.
Common sense anyone?
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