Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster didn't get to list Apple under "areas of expertise" on his CV by not knowing a fair bit about the Cupertino company, and the smiling soothsayer has been addressing fifteen key Apple-related questions this week in a report to his flock of investors.  Covering all aspects of Apple's retail, Mac, Apple TV and, of course, ... continued »

What a number! In the second fiscal quarter of this year, Apple was able to push a little over 1.7 million iPhones out the door. This is the overall theme of the Apple earnings report, with Apple announcing a whopping $1.05 billion in profit. Since there is not last year comparison of iPhone sales, their is no growth estimate, but ... continued »

Apple has been making some moves in the last year. I am not just talking about product sales either. Apple has jumped up to number 103 on the FORTUNE 500 list. The FORTUNE 500 is a list of the 500 top companies according to net revenue. Last year, Apple was 121. This 18 spot jump is a result of almost ... continued »

Many iPhone-addicts have been saying it for a long time already, but analyst Charlie Wolf from researchers Needham & Co. has issued a strongly-worded note to his clients suggesting that both RIM and Palm will continue to feel pressure from Apple's cellphone, particularly as the consumer smartphone market develops, with results visible in the place it hurts most: their bank ... continued »

Cheery-faced PiperJaffray analyst Gene Munster told clients the other day that one of the signs of an upcoming 3G iPhone was that twenty Apple stores are apparently out of stock of the handset.  Om Malik obviously has a decent long-distance call package, because his team decided to test out Munster's claim and call as many Apple stores as they could; locations ... continued »

Evidence for a 3G iPhone is mounting at an alarming rate. First there is the next iPhone firmware which won’t be released until the WWDC, which supports the idea that there is likely to be a new version of the iPhone hardware released to coincide with the new firmware. continued »

Sturdy-jawed tech tyke and PiperJaffray analyst Gene Munster has been stirring up rumors again with his latest prediction that Apple will launch a "budget" iPhone at the beginning of 2009, priced between $200 and $300, as part of a rapid expansion plan designed to drive sales over the next two year.  Expecting the lower-cost model to hit stores by the ... continued »

Gartner analyst Ken Dulaney told iPod Observer in an interview that he believes Apple has ordered a second batch of 3G iPhone, amounting to 10 million more units on top of the original 10 million first generation iPhone that Apple had already ordered and committed to sell by end of 2008. continued »

Ah, June 2007.  Apple launched the iPhone, I had an asymmetric bob and Gartner warned Enterprise customers in no uncertain terms that they should keep the handset at arm's length (note: one of these is untrue).  Back then, analyst Ken Delaney suggested that "Apple has no intentions of supporting [the iPhone in] the enterprise.  This is basically a cellular iPod with some ... continued »

Others (including many analysts) may have doubts about the iPhone’s success, but we never did. Here at iPhone Buzz, we always knew the iPhone is a revolutionary device where other phone manufacturers will scramble to imitate. Six months after the iPhone’s U.S. launch, has the device changed the mobile landscape? According to M:Metrics, the mobile media authority, the answer ... continued »

Here in the UK it's not uncommon for the iPod Touch to be described as "all the best bits of the iPhone" with the less-successful parts (the non-3G phone, the relatively-poor camera, and of course the carrier lock) omitted; Needham & Co analyst Charlie Wolf is willing to go one further, however: he's claiming that Apple gave up 1.5 million iPhone ... continued »

The search for the missing iPhones continues, with analyst Tony Sacconaghi of Bernstein Research throwing more numbers around in what at least partly looks like an attempt to justify his ongoing warmth toward Apple stock.  Sacconaghi suggests that a whopping 27-percent of the iPhones sold in 2007 have been unlocked and, in the vast majority of cases, are being used ... continued »