Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Fortune:
First day sales: 1.5 million iPhone 4s? — According to one analyst, Apple has blown past all previous launch-day records — Click to enlarge. Source: Oppenheimer — “Guessing launch day iPhone sales,” writes Oppenheimer’s Yair Reiner in a note to clients issued Friday …
Piper Jaffay analyst comments on new Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL ) data to be released today. Piper comments on iPods, saying, “As we enter 1H10, the y/y growth rate comps for monthly NPD iPod units also ease. Specifically, the y/y growth rate comps for iPod NPD units in 1H10 is -14% on average, which …
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Alex Ahlund / TechCrunch:
iPhone App Sales, Exposed — This guest post was written by Alex Ahlund, the former CEO of AppVee and AndroidApps, which was recently acquired by mobile app directory Appolicious. He is currently an advisor to Appolicious. — One of the most commonly asked questions we get from both developers …
Neil Hughes / AppleInsider:
Apple retail store sales climb 8% to start 2010, even without new Macs — Apple’s same-store sales rose 8 percent in the March quarter of 2010, propelled by a 22.3 percent year-over-year increase in Mac sales, even though a MacBook Pro refresh did not arrive during the three-month period.
Apple said Tuesday it sold a record 8.8 million of its popular smart phones in the three months that ended March 27, more than doubling the number sold a year ago and topping last quarter’s 8.7 million.
Apple Inc. is likely to sell more than twice as many iPads in its debut weekend than some analysts estimated, an early sign that Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs may succeed at reviving demand for tablet-style computers.
… version — which was optimized for the T-Mobile network — the new Nexus One is compatible with AT&T … against Verizon Wireless.) To date, sales of the Nexus One have been modest compared to the also-Android-running Motorola Droid — a …
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Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Brainstorm Tech:
U.S. Mac sales up 39% in Jan. and Feb. — NPD data show iPod sales were also up — 7% year to year — for the first time in 16 months — In a report to clients issued Monday afternoon, Piper Jaffray’s Gene Munster — a long-time Apple (AAPL) booster — found much to cheer …
Electronista:
Lenovo: mobile Internet to be 80% of sales in five years — The vast majority of Lenovo’s sales will come from Internet-capable portable devices in five years, company chief Yang Yuanqing stated on Friday. He observed that ThinkPads and IdeaPads already outweigh desktops but that fully 70 …
Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Mobclix Acquires iPhone App Sales Analytics Software Heartbeat — Mobile ad network Mobclix has made its first acquisition. The startup is buying up Heartbeat, a cloud-based SaaS that helps iPhone app developers manage and access sales data, crash reporting, ongoing hourly usage stats, reviews and rankings.
