The Apple I‚ Apple’s first product‚ was sold as an assembled circuit board and lacked basic features such as a keyboard‚ monitor‚ and case. The owner of this unit added a keyboard and a wooden case. Steve Jobs began working on the Apple Lisa in 1978 LISA became the first personal computer sold to the public with a GUI‚ In 1984‚ Apple next launched the Macintosh. The Macintosh Portable was Apple’s first "portable" Macintosh computer‚ released in 1989. Apple introduced the PowerBook in 1991. The Macintosh
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* http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2010/06/07/apple-strengths-weaknesses-opportunities-threats.aspx Opportunities: Demographic: Very loyal customer base which has expanded beyond the Mac-heads of the 1990s with the iPod and the iPhone. The iPad has had a very successful launch. This seems to be leading to more sales of computers. Socio - Culture: Has a well-deserved reputation for high-quality products that work smoothly. New products are generally well-received and have a built-in purchasing
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Apple Inc.‚ formerly Apple Computer‚ Inc.‚ is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Cupertino‚ California that designs‚ develops‚ and sells consumer electronics‚ What were some of Apple’s biggest successes and failures? Why? The three successful products are IPod‚ iPhone and‚ ITunes because these are unique products by their times. These three products were most successful because they appealed to the world biggest gaps. Their true success is their ability to produce products
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Financial Analysis Project APPLE INC. Rev 1.1 A Financial Analysis Project By Josie Chavez Submitted to Kendra Huff‚ Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Accounting and Finance College of Business Administration Texas A&M University-Kingsville BUSINESS FINANCE 3338 Spring 2011 TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF TABLES iii LIST OF FIGURES v 1. CORPORATE OVERVIEW 1 1.1 Overview of Industry 1 1.2 Overview of Corporation 2 1.2.1 Product/Service Description 4 1.2
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5 1. Mutual Fund 2-16 • 1.1 What is mutual fund • 1.2 Ttpes of mutual fund • 1.3 Objectives of investment in mutual fund • 1.4 How to invest in Mutual Fund • 1.5 Advantages of mutual fund • 1.6 Disadvantages of mutual fund • 1.7 How to read mutual fund fee table • 1.8 Tips for buying mutual fund 2. Share Market • 2.1 How to Share traded • 2.2 Types of Share Market 2.2.1 Primary Market 2.2.2 Secondary Market • 2.3 Multi channels used in share market • 2
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Apple Inc. Tommaso Pavoncello The company Apple Inc. is an American multinational corporation that designs and markets consumer electronics‚ computer software‚ and personal computers. The company’s best-known hardware are the Macintosh computers‚ the iPod‚ the iPhone and the iPad. Apple has recently been the largest technology company in the world by revenue and profit. Founded by Steve Jobs on April 1‚ 1976 in Cupertino‚ California‚ the company was previously named Apple Computer‚ Inc.‚ for
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A financial system comprises a range of financial institutions‚ financial instruments and financial markets which interact to facilitate the flow of funds through the financial system. Overseeing the financial system‚ and sometimes taking a direct role‚ is the central bank and/or the prudential supervisor. There are four participants in the financial system such as lenders‚ borrowers‚ financial intermediaries and regulatory bodies. Firstly‚ lenders are a saving surplus unit is one whose income
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Case Study Apple Inc. iPod Touch In spite of Apple Inc’s increasing net sales in the last three years‚ iPod net sales are decreasing at an alarming rate (Table 1). This paper will provide an analysis of the market forces driving sales of the iPod and make suggestions for recovery of sales by focusing on the iPod Touch platform. An overview of Apple Inc (Apple) is provided‚ then several analytical tools are used to provide insight to both the internal and external environment that Apple is operating
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the success of Apple’s iPhone? John Laugesen McMaster University‚ DeGroote School of Business Hamilton‚ Ontario CANADA laugesjd@mcmaster.ca Abstract — Unknown to most North American consumers‚ a mobile data and Internet service in Japan called i-mode has been highly successful in that country for the past decade. Unfortunately‚ mobile data services in North America have lagged behind many European and Asian countries. However‚ the situation changed rapidly with the iPhone‚ launched in the US in
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determines which best suit our needs. I took this opportunity to ask a couple of my friends to let me borrow their Smartphone’s for a few hours so‚ I could make a comparison between the Android by Google and the iPhone by Apple. Now many comparisons have been made between iPhone and Android‚ most of them biased towards one or the other. Android and iPhone are both great phones and essentially computers that you can put in your pocket. I was able to pick up the iPhone and quickly‚ easily understand
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