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2007 by the numbers
Google Inc. crossed $700, IAC/InterActiveCorp split itself into five pieces, and Apple sold more than one million iPhones. Here’s a look at some of the numbers behind the year’s tech happenings.
Read Ones and Zeros
Apple’s gravitational pull
Many Apple retail stores are madhouses on ordinary weekends, so it’s no surprise they were crowded on Black Friday. But according to analysts, some of whom are studying the company’s holiday traffic for the first time, Apple’s performance is worth paying attention to.
According to Piper Jaffray, Apple stores exert “what can best be described as a gravitational pull” on mall shoppers. A shopper walking within 25 feet of an entrance has a 27% chance of going in, said analyst Gene Munster, whose firm spent six hours monitoring foot traffic at Apple stores this weekend. Most of them don’t buy anything, he added, and Apple stores are often in high-traffic parts of shopping centers, but this signals a possible shift in buying intentions to Macs from PCs.
Read Holiday Sales Blog: Do Apple Stores Exert ‘Gravitational Pull’?
The iPhone: Not a Cure for Cancer
Not bad, Richard Gardner. In an otherwise straightforward Apple research note, the Citigroup analyst (and a 2003 Best on the Street alum) tucks in, just after the company’s balance sheet, “Figure 1. I just arrived from Mars. Just what is this ‘iPhone,’ anyway?” Under “What the iPhone is,” he lists 8 hours talk time and 2MP camera, among other features.
Under “What the iPhone is not:” “Incompatible with AT&T’s 3G HSDPA high-speed wireless network; Not a cure for cancer.”
But it gets better when he lists tips on obtaining one (two max) of the coveted Jesusphones: