Guest Cherni Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) -- Apple Computer Inc on Tuesday unveiled remote control with FM radio capabilities for its iPod music player. The iPod Radio Remote enables users to skip tracks and adjust the volume of their iPod even when it's in a pocket or backpack and listen to FM radio stations while displaying station and song information on their iPod screen. Speaking at the company's annual Macworld conference in San Francisco, Chief Executive Steve Jobs said the company sold 14 million iPods during the holiday quarter and 42 million to date. He also said the company's online iTunes store has so far sold 850 million songs. The wildly popular iPod devices have quickly gained the lion's share of the portable music player market and helped send Apple stock up 145 percent since the start of 2005. Apple also said it posted holiday quarter revenue of $5.7 billion, near the top of Wall Street estimates and sending the company's shares up nearly 5 percent Wall Street analysts on average were expecting Apple to post revenue for the fiscal first quarter ending in December of $5.04 billion versus $3.49 billion a year ago, according to Reuters Estimates. Forecasts ranged from $4.69 billion to $5.85 billion. Apple also said it sold 1.25 million of its Macintosh computers during the holiday quarter when sales at its retail stores were about $1 billion. Apple shares rose 4.9 percent to $79.79 in early afternoon trade on Nasdaq. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonorator Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 only bummer is that it is $49. a bit much for a radio these days ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Cherni Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 only bummer is that it is $49. a bit much for a radio these days ... 1258083[/snapback] I hear that but it's a great thing. It should sound better than most radios I would think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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