Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Details of next iPhone OS, Quattro, AsiaPac figures and more in Apple's earnings call

Macworld's live blog of the earnings call has lots of juicy details. Here are some highlights:

On Quattro acquisition:

Peter Oppenheimer, Apple CFO says: "In terms of Quattro and Lala acquistions. We acquired Quattro to give developers a seamless way to make money off their apps, especially free apps."


On Asia Pacific numbers:


Tim Cook, Apple COO says: "In Japan what's going on is that iPhone is a runaway hit. Up over 400% year on year during the quarter, so that's driving revenue growth in Japan. Mac growth is above market, but believe we can do better in that area. In Asia/Pacific, doing incredible job, Mac growing 54%; highest performing region in terms of growth. iPhone up over 500% in Asia/Pacific. Talked about China, but also added Korea during quarter and several other countries throughout the year after Q1 of last year."


On next version of the iPhone OS:


Tim Cook: "Have implemented tons of features in latest OS for iPhone that several of our enterprise customers have desired."


Much more in the live blog of the earnings call.

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