Apple's fin quarter predictions

[entropy]

Apple's financial quarterly results will be broadcast on 17 January 2006 at 2.00 pm PST

So what will it be?

I don't have a clue about the actual dollars ($200 million profit?), but I am more interested in what else they might announce. Here is a few of my predictions of things of interest to me:

• 19 million ipods sold;
• more than one million laptops sold;
• a special event for early February "showtime 2" that will announce more movies and release a widescreen video ipod that operates the same way as the iphone;
• a release date for leopard OSX 10.5

Any other suggestions?

[Kuma]

Originally Posted by entropy

Apple's financial quarterly results will be broadcast on 17 January 2006 at 2.00 pm PST

So what will it be?

I don't have a clue about the actual dollars ($200 million profit?), but I am more interested in what else they might announce. Here is a few of my predictions of things of interest to me:

• 19 million ipods sold;
• more than one million laptops sold;
• a special event for early February "showtime 2" that will announce more movies and release a widescreen video ipod that operates the same way as the iphone;
• a release date for leopard OSX 10.5

Any other suggestions?

There is absolutely no way they are going to release a widescreen touch operated iPod before June.

It will cannibalise iPhone sales...
Apple's priority for the next 2 years is all about the iPhone... Steve wants 1% market share... and by god he will do what he has to to achieve it.

[entropy]

I can see it going either way, Kuma. Either apple doesn't release the widescreen ipod until after the iphone is available, or release it soon to build demand for the interface in the iphone, and also kill the iphone FUD currently being pedalled about.

The other advantage in making some forward looking announcements at the conference call is to detract from the stock options issue.