Year: 2005

Merrill Lynch expects 4 million iPod shipments this quarter

Posted by | Feb 23, 2005 | |

Merrill Lynch analyst Steven Milunovich said today that he expects Apple to ship 1 million iPod shuffles and about 3 million iPods this quarter, for a total of 4 million units. “Updating the iPod mini should help iPod units decline only 35 percent sequentially from 4.6 million to 3 million,” the analyst wrote in a research note to clients. Milunovich also noted that today’s price reduction on the 60GB iPod photo suggests that “demand has been less than spectacular since its October debut.”

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Adobe CEO: Apple is both partner and competitor

Posted by | Feb 23, 2005 | |

Adobe CEO Bruce Chizen says his company has worked out a coexistence strategy that treats Apple as both friend and foe. “They are clearly both a partner and in some cases a competitor,” Chizen said in an interview with CNET News.com. “They’re an important partner in that about 25 percent of our business comes from people who own Macs. That’s a very loyal customer to Adobe and a very important customer as well. That’s also a very important customer obviously to Apple.

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Apple releases iPod Updater 2005-02-22

Posted by | Feb 23, 2005 | |

Apple has posted iPod Updater 2005-02-22, which includes iPod mini Software 1.3, iPod Software 2.3 for iPod with dock connector, iPod shuffle Software 1.1, and iPod Software 1.5 for iPod with touch wheel or scroll wheel. This update adds support for the newly introduced iPod mini models and adds support for charging and syncing over USB with Mac OS X v10.2.8 or 10.3.4 or later.

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