Over at the Bits NY Times blog they have some interesting details on what Apple has up their sleeve. If I had the cash I’d be buying Apple’s stock. I see a higher trend of Apple product usage in the corporate market, especially with the new iPhone 2.0 software…
“As usual, Apple didn’t offer many specifics on its quarterly conference call with investors. But the company did hint that it has something really juicy to introduce before the end of September.
The tease came as Peter Oppenheimer, Apple’s chief financial officer, explained why the company expects its gross profit margin to drop from 34.8 percent in the three months ended in June to 30 percent in the next quarter. One reason is a promotion that gives free iPods to students who buy new Macs. But another is “a future product transition, which I can’t discuss today.
Sponsors, article continues below...Apple is widely expected to be getting ready to refresh its line of notebook computers, and there is some speculation that it may introduce a new form factor of devices that are smaller than a laptop but larger than an iPhone.”
Article: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/21/an-itease-something-cool-and-cheap-from-apple/