World of Apple
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Apple Q208 Live Conference Call

Apple's live conference call is due to begin at 5pm ET/2pm PT/10pm BST.

World of Apple will offer highlights from the call in this story.

  • Call starting, speaking today Peter Oppeinheimer and Tim Cook.
  • Higher revenue from iPod, iTunes and iPhone
  • Apple performed "exceptionally well"
  • 40% US growth, 47% intl, 74% in retail stores
  • 50% of CPUs sold in retail stores are to new Mac users
  • Ended quarter with 3 to 4 weeks of Mac channel inventory
  • Good customer response on iPod touch
  • iPod shuffle sales down, Feb. 19th price drop caused acceleration
  • iPods have 73% of MP3 player market in US
  • iTunes Store largest music retailer in US, 85% of legal music downloads
  • Movie rental service well received by customers
  • 200,000 downloads of iPhone SDK, 1/3rd of Fortune 500 companies have contacted Apple about iPhone development
  • Looking to open new retail stores in Australia, China and Swizterland in "coming months"