Apple highest: the results of I pad

(Oita Godo Newspaper, June 21^th 2010, Evening Paper, Page 2)

 America big manufacturer, Apple, declared on the 20^th that from April to June 2010, the new model that was sold in April, "I pad" is a big hit. The sales for that year as compared to the previous years increased 61%, a total of 157 billion dollars, a new record.

From july 24, a total of 1,700,000 I phone 4, the new model smart phone, was sold too making a big impact.

The CEO of Apple Company Steve jobs said that he would be looking forward to the 4^th quarter of this accounting year. In this year, the sales would be pushed by the new products.

During this 4 to 6 months, I pad sales was 3,270,000, with the old model of I phone, an increase of 61%.

The mackintosh too had improved sales, an increase of 33% to 3,740,000. The global market is maturing for I pod, the portable music player, and the sales of I pod decreased 8%, a sales of 94,006,000. This year, the sales from July to September increased 1.5 times, about 180 billion dollars, it is a new record.

Comments

I too have an I pod touch and just bought a I pad, I think that the products that apple pushed to the market is both innovative and easy to use. It does not crash easily like windows, but it still lacks the flexibility that windows provide. Hence, I think even though Apple could capture the market for PDA and music mobile device, it still have a long way to go to capture the computer market. 

Tay Zhong Jie Edwin

Singapore

Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, APM 4