Apple: Records for Mac, iPhone, Education; iPod Units Also Up

Apple Computer Inc. today held its third-quarter conference call to discuss financial results with investors. During the call, the company revealed for the first time the initial sales of its new iPhone. The company also announced positive growth for the education market, and to the iPod, especially with the sales record for Macintosh systems.apple sales of Macintosh systems 1.764 million for the second quarter, ending June 30, all time record for Apple computer sales, beating the previous record by more than 150,000 units. The company said sales were driven by heavy notebook computers, accounted for 64% of all MAC sold in the quarter. Notebook computer sales growth is 42 percent, more than year.sales the iPod this year increased by 21 per cent, more than the same period last year, reaching 9.815 million.but This is the iPhone sales figures have been holding their collective breath analysts. Apple Computer said it hopes to reach 1 million units sold to the end of the quarter, in the first 30 hours of the release of Apple iPhone, about 270,000 units were sold. Sales for the first weekend, according to AT T, more than any other device. The companies did not disclose the date of sale, but said it still maintains its goal of 10 million unit sales in calendar 2008. Foster the education sector recorded an all-round time for Macintosh sales, the company said, driven by heavy selling MacBooks notebooks, in both 12 K and higher education. The company did not specify the education market sales.overall Revenue in the quarter was 5.41 billion US dollars, a quarter of the profits of 818 US dollars million.read more: Apple

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