• 29Apr

    April 21 news, Apple yesterday released its second quarter financial report, the company reported second-quarter net income was 59.9 billion U.S. dollars, up by 95%. This Associated Press reported that Apple’s brilliant technology companies have long been jealous of the world yesterday, Apple released its quarterly earnings report Apple has even wipe the doubly only bright, but only the only flaw in Apple: Apple can no longer fast enough to produce iPad.

    Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer (Peter Oppenheimer) said: “We produced each iPad 2 have been sold out.” In the most recent quarter, Apple’s total sales, including iPad iPad 2 and tablet PCs, including 4.7 million, this figure is lower than analyst expectations. IPad 2 present, many potential buyers found that they have no place to which Tablet PC you can buy.

    Cook said Apple’s chief operating officer, the company has its best efforts to accelerate the production of tablet PCs, Apple will next week on sale in 13 countries Tablet PC, which makes it possible to sell their products to 39 countries.

    Cook, an analyst at Apple on a conference call, said: “We can produce enough volume in this season’s iPad, I am very confident.” Currently, Apple has a strong personal computer involved (PC) sales market. Apple’s competitors have launched their own tablet PC, but so far no company can produce the Tablet PC is comparable with the iPad.

    Apple said second-quarter net income was 59.9 million, $ 6.4 per share, up 95%, higher than analyst expectations of $ 5.37 per share. In addition, Apple second-quarter total revenue of 24.7 billion, up by 83%, while analysts expected a 23.4 billion.

  • 26Apr

    April 20, according to foreign media reports from IDC and Gartner analysts have predicted China will overtake the U.S. this year or next year to become the world’s largest PC market.

    In view of the Chinese market with strong purchasing power, IDC and Gartner are predicting that China will in the near future in PC shipments over the United States. Gartner’s data show that in 2010, the United States in the global PC market share of 20.4%, PC shipments of 71.7 million units. China’s market share of 19.3%, PC shipments of 67.8 million units. That is, if the Chinese market grew by 12%, then China’s PC shipments will surpass the U.S. this year.

    IDC is also optimistic about prospects for the Chinese market, the company expects China’s PC shipments this year, an increase of 10.8%, higher than the 4.7% increase in the United States. And China’s PC shipments in 2012 surpassed the United States.

    China’s huge market growth space for more significant U.S. companies, of which Microsoft is even worse. According to statistics, 95% of China’s PC market running Windows systems, and more than 80% of the company PC to install the Microsoft Office software. But the Chinese piracy of business software market is also highly regarded, Microsoft technical officials responsible for public affairs, Stuart McKee (Stuart McKee), said this ratio has reached 80%.

     The development of the Chinese PC market, the U.S. One analyst said that as mobile devices in recent years, the limelight is healthy, the traditional notebook and desktop computer market is also not so wide attention, in addition to most of the U.S. PC makers have PC manufacturing activities on China, have driven China to become world’s largest PC market in the process.

  • 24Apr

    April 19 U.S. investment bank Piper Jaffray (Piper Jaffray) Meng Site (Gene Munster) report released today, Apple announced on Wednesday the second quarter (as of the end of March) earnings report, analysts expected results may exceed 233 Billion, mainly due to significant increase in Mac sales. According to NPD’s data: In March, the U.S. Mac sales surge 47% year on year, mainly because the market February 24 MacBook Pro tablet pc sales are amazing. When in January this year, Mac sales grew 20,2 months up 12% in 2011, an increase of 27% in the first quarter.

    Apple’s second quarter, IDC forecast sales data (Source: IDC)

    The IDC’s data showed, in the first quarter of the global PC sales fell 3.2% year on year.Piper Jaffray analysts said the second quarter, Apple’s Mac sales will reach 360-370 million units, higher than Wall Street consensus forecast of 360 million units.

     However, according to NPD data show that sales of Apple’s iPod continued to decline this year, down 10% year on year in March. Meng Site second quarter, Apple iPod sales estimates for the 980-1030 million, slightly higher than analyst expectations.