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Wall Street's View on the Apple iPad Launch

in News on April 5, 2010 at 8:23 am PT

Will it be a sell-the-news event for Apple shares? They’re slightly soft just after the open, despite the company’s announcement that it sold some 300,000 iPads over the weekend, including pre-orders. Also, some analysts such as those from Kaufman Bros. and J.P. Morgan are lifting estimates and targets for Apple after the weekend publicity-fest.

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Apple iPad: Analyst Tones Down Excitement Over Device

in News on February 4, 2010 at 5:00 am PT

This one caught our eye. Needham analysts issued a note sounded quite a bit more cautious on forecasts for iPad sales Wednesday, “after watching a replay of Apple’s iPad introduction and reassessing the device’s potential.” In a note entitled “Seeing is Believing”–their previous note was subtitled “Apple has Another Winner”–Needham revised its original forecast of four million iPad sales in the year following the device’s April launch.

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Kindle DX: Must You Power Down on the Plane?

in News on May 7, 2009 at 10:37 am PT

Some tech-savvy fliers find it a bit frustrating that they’re asked to turn off their Kindles and e-readers for takeoffs and landings. The Kindle DX, displaying a page from The New York Times, is demonstrated at a news conference Wednesday.
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