Mac OS Ken: 08.23.2011

Mac OS Ken

Ken Ray

Technology

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🗓️ 23 August 2011

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

NPD: Mac Sales See Double-Digit Growth in July / NPD: Android Top Mobile OS in US in 2Q, Apple Top Smartphone Maker / Best Buy Runs One-Day Promo Offering Free iPhone 3GS with AT&T Upgrade or New Contract / Apple Insider: Chinese Supplier Lists Parts for Sale That it Says are for Next iPhone / TechCrunch: Developer Says “World Phone” iPhone Showing Up in App Usage Logs / 9 to 5 Mac: iOS 5 to Add Early Earthquake Notification for Japanese Users / Apple Fixes Five Glitches with iTunes 10.4.1 Update / Japanese Site Claims Something Super-New Coming to Mac Line By End of Year / Korea Times: Unnamed Sources Say Apple Not Likely to Use OLED in Eventual TV

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0:00.0	This is MacSales Go Gangbusters, Smartphones, Today and Tomorrow, and a couple of rumors around other hardware.
0:19.0	It's Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011.
0:22.8	I'm Ken Ray, and this is news from Maco As Ken.
0:27.8	Brought to you by yours truly and supported by listeners like you,
0:31.7	subscribers to MacoS Ken Day 6.
0:35.0	More information is available at MacoS Ken.com.
0:39.0	This show is also supported by the MacoS can Podcast app for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch,
0:46.0	available in the App Store now for $2.99. It looks like the only person buying Tripp Chaudrey's assertion that Mac sales are down is
0:56.6	Tripp Chaudrey.
0:58.0	Apple Insider has new numbers from NPD indicating double digit growth for the Mac in July, thanks largely to the arrival on the
1:06.3	scene of new Macbook airs and Mac OS 10, 10.7 Lion.
1:11.3	Apple Insider has Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster looking at the numbers which shows
1:16.0	sales of Max in the US rising 26% in July of 2011 versus July of 2010.
1:23.0	Assuming those numbers are correct, Munster figures Apple is on track to meet sales expectations of 4.5 million units for the current quarter.
1:32.0	While he expects sales to go well, Munster
1:35.1	doesn't see such stellar growth for August and September in the cards because
1:39.7	August and September sales in 2010 saw 29% and 20% respective growth over the same months
1:46.6	in 2009, while July sales of 2010 only saw growth of 14% versus the same month a year earlier.
1:55.0	While growth for this month and next may not hit the same high percentages,
1:59.0	the 4.5 million max sold expected by Munster and the Street would still represent a quarterly record.
2:07.0	NPDs out with another quarter of smartphone numbers which means another chance to pose the question,
2:13.0	how would you define winning?
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