“Analysts for UBS Investment Research this week emphasized confidence in Apple’s long term strategy and updated their predictions on forthcoming products to include the possibility of a 1GB iPod nano digital music player,” Prince McLean reports for AppleInsider. “‘While we believe there are some near-term risks to earnings upside due to the transition to Intel processors in the first half calendar 2006, we believe several fundamental positives position Apple for continued growth and share price appreciation over the long-term,’ analyst Ben Reitzes wrote in a research note on Monday. ‘We are still confident in Apple’s product road map – including potential for new iBooks by April in time for the June quarter, a potential ‘media hub’ product (and more services), new iPods into year-end (including a new media player) and even a new cell phone within a year.'”
“The analyst also predicts Apple to sell as many as 1 million iPod Radio accessories and says the company appears to be ‘getting set to ‘end of life’ the [iPod] shuffle possibly in favor of a 1GB version of the nano,'” McLean reports. ‘Reiztes notes that Apple is completely sold out of its iPod Radio accessory, which has been extremely popular with consumers… UBS Investment Research maintains a ‘Buy’ rating on Apple with a price target of $100.”
Full article which includes analysis of Mac sales based on the Intel transistion here.
Advertisements:
• MacBook Pro. The first Mac notebook built upon Intel Core Duo with iLife ’06, Front Row and built-in iSight. Starting at $1999. Free shipping.
• iMac. Twice as amazing — Intel Core Duo, iLife ’06, Front Row media experience, Apple Remote, built-in iSight. Starting at $1299. Free shipping.
• iMac and MacBook Pro owners: Apple USB Modem. Easily connect to the Internet using dial-up service. Only $49.
• iPod Radio Remote. Listen to FM radio on your iPod and control everything with a convenient wired remote. Just $49.
• iPod. 15,000 songs. 25,000 photos. 150 hours of video. The new iPod. 30GB and 60GB models start at just $299. Free shipping.
• Connect iPod to your television set with the iPod AV Cable. Just $19.
Wow can I be an analyst too? Given the so called analyst’s track record of preditions, why don’t they just shut up.
These will be the same people that will bitch when Apple didn’t come out with product abc when they “thought” it would come out.
Do something fun, predict when Napster goes under.
Funny how these analysts always come with predictions after they have already been on the rumor sites; they never come up with these predictions before them.
Man, isn’t it just about a different world for us now that the press and market analysts have started offering fair assessment regarding Apple? Good God .. it was soooo many years in coming ..
The MEDIA HUB thingee intrigues me. What is it? Could it incorporate a TV tuner? I’m considering a TV tuner for my iMac, but I’ll wait if Apple is going to do something.
iMaki,
a fast Dual Core ‘mini’ would be nice with a ‘media hub’ module, as extra, that fits snugly under it – like the NewerTech miniStack. The ‘module’ could then have various configurations (and prices) to suit customers needs.
is it possible if Google misses revenue targets, its sharp decline might effect Apple stock also?
Sumer,
possible, but not likely.
I want a Mac mini media hub already!!
” width=”19″ height=”19″ alt=”raspberry” style=”border:0;” />
http://www.g-zus.net/
i wonder why radio has been such a popular accessory. MAYBE BECAUSE THEY SHOULD HAVE INCLUDED IT IN THE BASE IPOD! You pay $300 for an ipod and you can’t even get the local news. You have to pay extra!? pathetic.
Charko,
Don’t rule it out. Wall St. is populated with sheep.
What I find funny is that all you Apple zealots who thought that FM on an iPod was the dumbest thing in the world. The reason it was stupid of course is because Creative’s have it and iPods didn’t. “FM sucks, that’s why I bought an iPod” etc. is all I saw in the forum on the subject. Yet, the FM add-on is all sold out.
Who bought em all I wonder?
I love my two pods, but to say they can’t get better and everything the other guys add to their offerings is a stupid unneeded feature is so silly. What compels you to say it to begin with? Just curious. But then when Apple “finally” adds that feature it’s sold out.
Google’s sharp decline might have a longer term negative effect on Apple Stock tomorrow.
Jerry T –
I’ve got to agree with you on that one…Dead on. And I’m a Mac user…..
Before I start, I want to acknowledge that I’m going off topic, since I will not mention an iPod one time throughout the rest of this posting. So, while we are all free to enjoy our cool tech toys, one guy in China is in prison for using his.
Why did they have to go to “the dark side” and sell out the Chinese blogger, or user, whatever? He was just a guy like any of us, trying to web-surf and express himself, probably download some tunes. But Mien Google, or Officer Yahoo, whichever one of those mega-corporate, soulless giants it was, they went against all that is good and just by turning a man’s cyberself over to the Chinese thought police.
Now he is serving, what… 8 or 10 years, at least? Talk about putting too much trust in technology. Sorry I don’t have the facts straight regarding which company or length of sentence, etc., but the story is real enough. China got one or the other of those companies to turn over damning data regarding the man’s visiting of a forbidden website, all in the interest of market share for an American company busy hard-selling in the Far East.
If this post disappears, then I will know upon whose territory I have trodden. By the way, it’s probably not a bad idea to start learning Cantonese. China is a rising star, though still a bit rough around some edges. However, considering the huge portion of cash our Federal Reserve borrows from China in order for our wise leaders to keep raising our debt ceiling, the U.S. sort of has to be nice to them. Apparently, human rights are only an issue when they do not affect America’s bottom line.