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BY Chris Laudani , On weekday Oct 6, 2011, 6:34 am EDT

Last period the Apple (AAPL) commission of directors declared the expiration of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. While I'm trusty there will be whatever short-term irresolution in the stock, the long-term principle of the consort are exceptionally strong.

I conceive it's cushy to block how awing the consort he leaves behindhand rattling is. Apple ended business 2011 ordinal lodge with income of $28.57 billion, up 82% year-over-year, and a achievement quarterly acquire of $7.3 1000000000 (up 124%). Gross edge was 41.7% and the consort posted an operative edge of 32.8%. International income accounted for 62% of the quarter's revenue. Quarterly change line from dealings chromatic 131% to $11.1 billion. For the flooded year, the Street has a stingy income judge of $109 billion, up 67%. I mean, who does that?

In the quarter, Apple oversubscribed 20.34 meg iPhones, (up 142%). It oversubscribed 9.25 meg iPads, up 183%, and 3.95 meg Macs, up 14%. We scholarly the another period the consort has oversubscribed 250 meg iOS devices and has oversubscribed more than 18 1000000000 apps, with 1 1000000000 more existence downloaded every month.

According to estimates by IDC, the worldwide smartphone mart will acquire 49.2% to 450 meg devices in 2011 compared to 303.4 meg units shipped in 2010. IDC believes the Android operative grouping represents 39.5% of the mart and Apple's iOS comes in at ordinal locate with 15.7% of the market. However, because of the broken nature of the Android activity and Apple's manufacturing economies of scale, its believed Apple earns more than 80% of the profits in the smartphone market.

The iPad, which the geeky school bloggers prefabricated recreation of because the broadcasting advertizement titled it "magical," is effort its revenge. According the newborn accumulation free by IDC in mid-September, Apple shipped 13.6 meg iPads, which crowd IDC to increase its 2011 shipment prognosticate from 53.5 meg units to 62.5 meg units. The consort secured the crowning blot in the orbicular paper mart with 68.3% mart share. Apple took a figure that has been proven whatever assorted structure by whatever assorted firms over the years, prefabricated it its possess and within three eld that figure is due to delude more than 60 meg units. How's that for magical?

And on weekday the geeky bloggers were at it again, expressing their dissatisfaction over the stylish iPhone, the 4S. They were status it didn't hit this feature or that feature or it wasn't formed same a driblet or it wasn't titled "5." Whatever. But what the bloggers block is that Apple has ever fashioned the products for their customers, not to contend with whatever staged itemize of ever-changing features. Apple has never played in the features wars. And it belike never will.

In 1997, Steve Jobs told us to conceive different, and countenance what he built.