Fire Tim Cook

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Clearly, Apple’s new CEO needs to get the boot.

Just look at these charts! iPhone sales down with rumors of a new model coming out? TERRIBLE! iPod sales continuing to decline show that AAPL is has-been. The iPad didn’t grow 650% over last quarter? Android tablet makers are taking over! Android’s time has come, all thanks to Tim Cook’s mismanagement of Apple.

How could the company miss a number carefully crafted by an analyst?! For crying out loud, it is their job to come up with such figures! They know all.

SELL! SELL! SELL! SELL! SELL! SELL!

#sarcasm

Apple Q4 2011 Results

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Boomsauce:

Apple today announced financial results for its fiscal 2011 fourth quarter ended September 24, 2011. The Company posted quarterly revenue of $28.27 billion and quarterly net profit of $6.62 billion, or $7.05 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $20.34 billion and net quarterly profit of $4.31 billion, or $4.64 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. Gross margin was 40.3 percent compared to 36.9 percent in the year-ago quarter. International sales accounted for 63 percent of the quarter’s revenue.

The Company sold 17.07 million iPhones in the quarter, representing 21 percent unit growth over the year-ago quarter. Apple sold 11.12 million iPads during the quarter, a 166 percent unit increase over the year-ago quarter. The Company sold 4.89 million Macs during the quarter, a 26 percent unit increase over the year-ago quarter. Apple sold 6.62 million iPods, a 27 percent unit decline from the year-ago quarter.

Apple’s earnings were predicted at $7.28 per share and revenue of $29.45 billion. I wonder what AAPL will do after-hours.

An Electric DeLorean in the Works

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Bill Chappell at NPR:

There’s a new DeLorean DMC–12 coming out — or rather, there’s a new version of the same stainless steel wedge of a sportscar that became an icon (and perhaps the lone representative) of ’80s cool. But it won’t run on gas — it’ll be electric.

The prototype has a range of 70–100 miles, but the company plans on re-working the iconic car’s structure to get weight down, according to David Arnouts at Autoweek:

With access to the original underbody molds, DMC is using modern technology to create an underbody that is 50 percent lighter and four times stronger than the original steel component. In fact, DMC claims version two is currently on target to weigh less than a stock DeLorean.

The prototypes are being built to gauge interest in the car. Gasoline-powered DeLoreans[1. No word on a Mr. Fusion version has been leaked.] can be converted within about a week.

If the company moves forward, electric-powered DMC–12s will run about $90,000 and will be availble in 2013.

Sorta Open vs. Sorta Closed

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MG Siegler:

I think that mobile devices offer such a personal form of computing that experience is of the utmost importance. The only way to truly emphasize experience is to be in command of both the hardware and software. They absolutely must be symbiotic in order to create the best device possible.

Further, while “control” often has a negative connotation, it’s important for quality. When you “open” your device and/or software, shit always finds a way in.

Apple is winning with this model right now because they’ve proven that have great taste when it comes to consumer electronics and the relationship of hardware and software.