Here are your Apple rumors and AAPL news items for Monday: MacBook Air
Quarterly Sales Set to Hit 1.6 Million: JPMorgan analyst Mark Moskowitz said in
a note to investors that he expects Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL ) to sell an average of
1.6 million MacBook Air laptops per quarter following the end of 2011. Those
MacBook Air sales will translate to approximately $7 billion in quarterly
revenue for the company. Driving future growth is China, where MacBook Air sales
grew 339% year-over-year during the third quarter of 2011. According to an Apple
Insider report detailing Moskowitzs note, the analyst doesnt think Intel s
(NASDAQ: INTC ) Ultrabook PCs lightweight laptops intended to compete with
Apples devices will impact Apples growing sales. 100 Million Downloads for Mac
App Store: The success of the MacBook Air laptop line is somewhat reflected in
the success of Apples digital storefront for apps on that device. Opened in
January, the Mac App Store hit 100 million downloads on Monday morning,
according to a press release from Apple. Apple made waves earlier this year when
it released the latest version of its desktop and laptop operating system OS X
10.7, or Lion exclusively via the Mac App Store rather than as a disc purchased
at retail. iPad 3 Due In March or April? Another day, another iPad 3 rumor.
Citi analyst Richard Gardner said in a Thursday note to investors that he
believed Apple could deliver its latest tablet as early as February . However, a
Sunday report in Taiwans DigiTimes (via Mac Rumors ) said Gardner is jumping the
gun. Production of the iPad 2 device isnt expected to wind down until the
beginning of 2012. Volume production of the iPad 3 will then kick off in
February, with Apple producing around 9.5 million tablets for a March or April
release . Gardner believed Apple might bump up the release of the next model to
align it with the late Steve Jobs birthday on Feb. 24. As of this writing,
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