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In attaining its highest revenue and earnings in company APPLE NEWS history, Apple shipped 2,319,000 Andrea Jung Joins Apple’s Macs, a 44% unit growth and 47% revenue growth over the year ago Board of Directors quarter; sold 22,121,000 iPods, representing five percent unit CUPERTINO, California—January growth and 17 percent revenue 7—Apple® today announced that growth over the year-ago quarter; Andrea Jung, chairman and chief and sold 2,315,000 iPhones in the executive officer of Avon Products, quarter. [Jan 22, 2008] was elected to Apple’s board of directors. Andrea also serves on the board of directors of the General Electric Company and is a member Tickled pink over new of the New York Presbyterian iPod nano Hospital board of trustees and the Catalyst board of directors. With “Valentine’s Day around the corner” Marc Saltzman (usatoday.com) tells us that “it brings significant new features to pulled on my heart strings enough iPhone. After installing the update, to report that Apple has added a iPhone customers will be able to pink iPod nano to its line-up, just automatically find their location in time for you to buy it for your using the redesigned Maps sweetie.” The new 8GB iPod nano application; text message multiple “costs $199 and includes free people in one message; create Web engraving on the back and free Clips for their favorite websites; shipping when purchased at customize their home screen; and watch movies rented from the new Apple.com’s web store.” iTunes Movie Rentals right on Apple Introduces New Mac their iPhone. [Jan 15, 2008] Pro Major software upgrade available for iPod touch Fastest Mac Ever—Eight Processor Cores Standard With the installation of this major software upgrade, the best iPod CUPERTINO, California—January becomes even more: the world’s 8, 2008—Apple® today introduced best Wi-Fi mobile device. The the new Mac® Pro with eight upgrade—available from iTunes for processor cores and a new system just $19.99—adds five more great architecture that delivers up to mobile applications to iPod touch: twice the performance of its Mail, Maps, Stocks, Weather, and predecessor*. The new Mac Pro Notes. It also includes such new combines two of Intel’s new 45 features as Web Clips, a nanometer Quad-Core Xeon customizable home screen, and the processors running up to 3.2 GHz, ability to watch iTunes Movie powerful new graphics and up to Rentals on iPod touch. [Jan 15, 4TB of internal storage to offer the 2008] ideal system for creative professionals, 3D digital content Introducing the new creators and scientists. The Xserve—the most powerful standard 8-core configuration starts at just $2,799. Apple server ever Starting at just $2,999, the new New software update Xserve has up to two Quad-Core enhances revolutionary 3.0 GHz Intel Xeon processors for iPhone 8-core performance, a new server architecture, faster front side iPhone Software Update 1.1.3, a buses, faster memory, up to 3TB of free software update available internal storage and two PCI today via iTunes 7.5 or later, Express 2.0 expansion slots for greater performance and flexibility. Introducing Time “With the latest Intel processors Capsule—wireless backup and no client access licenses, for all your Macs Xserve offers unbeatable server performance and value for under $3,000,” said Philip Schiller, A backup appliance that works Apple’s senior vice president of seamlessly with Time Machine to Worldwide Product Marketing. automatically and wirelessly back [Jan 08, 2008] up everything on one or more Macs running Mac OS X Leopard, Time Apple introduces MacBook Capsule combines an 802.11n base station with a server grade hard Air—the world’s thinnest disk in one small package. “Bring notebook Time Capsule home, plug it in, click a few buttons on your Macs Apple today introduced the world’s and voilà—all the Macs in your thinnest notebook: MacBook Air. It house are being backed up measures an unprecedented 0.16 automatically, every hour of every inches at its thinnest point while day,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. its maximum height of 0.76 inches When it ships in February, Time is less than the thinnest point on Capsule will be available in models competing notebooks. In addition featuring 500GB and 1TB hard to a stunning 13.3-inch LED- drives for $299 and $499, backlit widescreen display, respectively. [Jan 15, 2008] MacBook Air offers a full-size and backlit keyboard, a built-in iSight video camera for video conferencing, and a spacious trackpad with multi-touch gesture support, letting users pinch, rotate and swipe. 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