I suppose some industry analysts who forecast extremely rosy sales for the iPad during the March quarter this year were somewhat disappointed that less than five million were sold. Apple’s response, which seems sensible enough in light of the ongoing backorder situation, was that they were building as many as they can, but struggling to […]

No doubt consumer electronics companies around the world are trying to find a way to tap into the reasons behind the iPad’s incredible success, and leverage them to their own advantage. Even when sales in the last quarter weren’t quite up to industry expectations, Apple simply stated it was the result of the “mother of […]

Just hours ahead of Apple’s release of their financial statements for the March quarter, there was a story about how badly the supply chain interruption in Japan would hurt the company. This is a concern that’s been speculated on for weeks since the tragic earthquake and tsunami, considering that Apple depends on suppliers in that […]

There are more and more reports that Apple is going to “miss” the presumed schedule for releasing the next iPhone, which is being conventionally referred to as the iPhone 5, as opposed to iPhone 4 Pro or any other possible designation. But the name doesn’t matter in the scheme of things. The question is when […]