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    Prices, Profits and the Bill of Materials

    June 29th, 2009

    Whenever Apple releases a new product, folks will sacrifice one of these gadgets in order to dissemble the component parts and attempt to determine their identity and cost. On the basis of this information, and a few educated guesses, we’re supposed to know exactly how much Apple really spent on each unit. Recently, for example, […]


    Newsletter #387 Preview: Do You Really Want to Rent Music?

    April 30th, 2007

    When Apple announced, during its session with financial analysts, that it would apportion income from the iPhone and Apple TV on a subscription basis, some folks started wondering whether they were planning on adding a subscription service to iTunes. The answer is, of course, no. Apple’s public strategy, at least for now, isn’t changing. They […]