“Here’s still more fuel to the fire on the speculation of a video iPod and iPhone. An interesting research note crossed my desk this morning from FBR Research analyst Chris Caso concerning graphics chipmaker Nvidia and PortalPlayer, one of the main chip suppliers on the iPod,” Arik Hesseldahl reports for BusinessWeek.
Hesseldahl reports, “Caso says he thinks Nvidia has landed one of its chips in the upcoming video iPod and that PortalPlayer has been designed out of it. But a PortalPlayer application chip has been designed into the iPhone. Either way its a win for Nvidia, which is in the process of acquiring PortalPlayer for $357 million.”
Full article in which Hesseldahl also reports that Caso expects Apple to move 22 million iPhones in 2007, here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “LinuxGuy and Mac Prodigal Son” for the heads up.]
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Ha Ha First!
trau: Ha Ha Loser!
wow, now it’s up to 22 million phones?!?!
These anal cysts just keep building it up!!!
There’s not even proof that any rumor is true and now look at the supposed numbers?!?!
Apple is going to crash hard if these rumors are false because of this rampant speculation!!!
“Caso says he thinks”
evidence |ˈevədəns| noun the available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief or proposition is true or valid
Foist!
Nope, I ain’t foist!
Speculation, sure. Rumor, yes. Conjecture, yup. Guessing, you betcha. Gossip, uh-huh. Evidence, not really. I won’t apologize for remaining skeptical, I’ll just wait until MacExpo 2007.
I agree, Loki. They keep upping the estimates on what they expect Apple to sell of a potential product that has not even been announced/released/verified yet. Unless Apple has blockbuster sales, they will all come away disappointed and lower their estimates again. These guys are idiots!
22 million in a year, at say, $400 a pop = almost 9 Billion! Nice.
Yup, I think it’s pretty much a given Apple will do this.
Many analysts also “thought” Zune was going to “Zoom”.
MWSF ’07:
– iLife ’07 and iWork with spreadsheet launched.
– Leopard shown off. Ship date given (mid-March).
– iPod HD revealed. Available today. Can hold 720p video. Full screen, with no-touch display.
– iTunes gains 20th Century Fox. George Lucas on stage. Apple gains exclusive Star Wars franchise movies in HD (720p).
– iTV launched. Available today. Connects directly to iTunes via interent or to computers iTunes. Seamless to the user.
That is the show. No iPhone. Not yet. Steve will thank everyone and say he looks forward to seeing everyone really soon.
February will see an Apple Special Media event. The iPhone will arrive at that time.
MWSF ’07:
– iLife ’07 and iWork with spreadsheet launched.
– Leopard shown off. Ship date given (mid-March).
– iPod HD revealed. Available today. Can hold 720p video. Full screen, with no-touch display.
– iTunes gains 20th Century Fox. George Lucas on stage. Apple gains exclusive Star Wars franchise movies in HD (720p).
– iTV launched. Available today. Connects directly to iTunes via interent or to computers iTunes. Seamless to the user.
That is the show. No iPhone. Not yet. Steve will thank everyone and say he looks forward to seeing everyone really soon.
February will see an Apple Special Media event. The iPhone will arrive at that time.
MWSF ’07:
– iLife ’07 and iWork with spreadsheet launched.
– Leopard shown off. Ship date given (mid-March).
– iPod HD revealed. Available today. Can hold 720p video. Full screen, with no-touch display.
– iTunes gains 20th Century Fox. George Lucas on stage. Apple gains exclusive Star Wars franchise movies in HD (720p).
– iTV launched. Available today. Connects directly to iTunes via interent or to computers iTunes. Seamless to the user.
That is the show. No iPhone. Not yet. Steve will thank everyone and say he looks forward to seeing everyone really soon.
February will see an Apple Special Media event. The iPhone will arrive at that time.
How old are you trau?
This is not a Kindergarten!
Apple will sell 50 gazillion iPods, 40 bazillion laptops, and 37 cazillion desktops. Really, I’ll bet a googolplex of dollahs! Apple shares will rocket to the unheard of 923 zillion dollars per share. Yeah, baby!
I think MDN has been royally duped by idiotic people whose only interest is exaggerating the absurd. I reckon a person who falls for this garbage is actually more moronic than the imbecile that promoted the hype.
“Sell, sell, sell!” Duke and Duke.
Good luck with it in the UK. Most of the tv stations – including the Beeb use either WMP or Real. Even Al Jazeera’s english language service uses Real, despite the current fuss over them using a ton of Apple gear for production.
Tacitus
Hmm. Should I buy Apple in Dec.? Wait until there is another split, which I’m GUESSING will be early 07. MacWorld is around the corner, if there is no phone and no “video ipod” then the stock may take a big hit. But if it is announced then the price may zoom.
I’d think it best to buy before Jan. 07 MacWorld. Even if there is no phone or “video ipod” and the stock takes a plunge, it will recover and continue to grow with a matter of weeks. I’d say buy.
Wait, I’m not an analyst. But I can make better educated guesses.
Tacitus:
Is your handle derived from the Roman historian? Just curious.
These guys exactly know what they are doing, but it’s ” a bit more legal” than the spam emails you get these days who call you to invest in a “highly profitable” company…
Cash out ist the right words and that’s what analysts can easily do by “researching the market for indocators” which product might ship soon and in which quantities. They have placed their AAPL orders sooner and when the time is right, they sell and spreas bad news, so that the average investor sometimes misses the opportunity to sell at good price.
Some of those analysts are evil because of there manipulation they do. I read that stuff carefully and wait, until it’s proven true or not.
Use your common sense and don’t invest money which you might need cashed out soon. Nobody, beside if Steve and some other people know, and probably not even Steve, know, how the resultsof the past might be corrected.
So there might be lots of movement in AAPL price coming, but I will never be that ignorant to keep it up to analysts to tell me if I should sell or buy AAPl, I can ans will decide myself. Period.
Damn, it feels so good once the words are out…
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Sod off.