Here are your Apple news items and rumors for Wednesday: 1 RIM PlayBook for
Every 19 iPads: On the bright side, at least Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM )
didnt have to delay the BlackBerry PlayBook tablets release a third or fourth
time. It actually made it to market last spring! That has provide some
consolation for the company and its shareholders after reading the Wednesday
Bloomberg report that said RIM sold approximately one PlayBook for every 19
iPads sold by Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL ). The report polled a number of analysts
including Michael Walkley of Canaccord Genuity, Charlie Wolf of Needham & Co.,
and William Power with Robert W Baird & Co. (among others) and determined that
RIM should announce PlayBook sales of around 490,000 during Thursdays quarterly
earnings report. Meanwhile, Apple sold 9.25 million iPads during its past
quarter. China Telecom Pushes iPhone 5 With Massive Marketing: China Telecom
(NYSE: CHA ) is ready for the iPhone 5 release this fall. Apples latest
smartphone will be the first iPhone model supported by China Telecom , and the
company is hoping to guarantee its success with a marketing push that ultimately
will cost around $234.5 million. According to a Wednesday report in Capital Vue
(via Mac Rumors ), the marketing plan is called Dragon Plan. Of course, China
Telecom will be competing with both China Unicom (NYSE: CHU ) and China Mobile
(NYSE: CHL ), the first of which has a long established iPhone user base and the
second of which is starting as fresh as CHA. Shareholders best hope the Dragon
Plan captures the Chinese peoples attention. Starbucks Pours Another Monthly Cup
With Apple: Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX ) and Apple have enjoyed a fruitful
relationship for years, promoting both the iTunes service and overpriced,
burnt-tasting cups of coffee simultaneously with the Song Pick of the Week, a
free iTunes download. TUAW reported on Wednesday that the program finally is
evolving beyond Dave Matthews Band singles. The new Pick of the Week program
offers free iTunes downloads (video and music) and App Store downloads, as well
as free items from the iBookstore. The first book available is Erin Morgensterns
The Night Circus , published by Random House imprint Doubleday. As of this
writing, Anthony John Agnello did not own a position in any of the stocks named
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