Here are your Apple rumors and AAPL stock news items for Thursday: Samsung Uses
Apple Lawsuits to Raise Tablet Profile: Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL ) gave Samsung
(PINK: SSNLF ) lemons and now its lemonade time. Samsung has been embroiled in
an international patent lawsuit war with Apple over its mobile devices,
particularly the Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet. Apple has moved to block the sale of
the Galaxy Tab on all sides of the world, from Australia to Germany. However,
now that it has secured the right to sell the Galaxy Tab in some of these
contested territories, Samsung is now using the tablets Apple-perceived infamy
to sell the product. As noted in a Thursday report at Mac Rumors , Samsung
Australia VP of telecommunications Tyler McGee told The Sydney Morning Herald
that the lawsuits have made the Galaxy Tab a household name. Website Engadget
also posted an advertisement for the tablet from an Australian paper boasting
the tagline, The tablet Apple tried to stop. More Than a Quarter-Billion iPhone,
iPad Sales Expected in 2012: In a Thursday report at Fortune (via 9 to 5 Mac ),
Morgan Stanley analyst Katy Huberty raised sales expectations for Apples popular
portable devices during the first quarter of 2012. Whats wild about the
expectations is that Hubertys research indicates Apple will sell more goods at
the beginning of next year than during the holiday quarter of 2011. Where Morgan
Stanleys previous estimates put iPhone sales at around 28 million for the first
quarter, based off a new survey, the new estimate is 41 million, with total 2012
sales raised from 134 million to 190 million . The iPad received a similar
increase, with previous sales estimates for 2012 at 52 million raised now to 81
million. Apple Named 10th-Best Place to Work: Online careers website
Glassdoor.com released the results of its 2012 Employees Choice Awards, naming
Apple the 10th-best company to work for . Apple came in 20th in last years
survey. Employees answered a 20-question survey covering topics including
employee morale, career opportunities and work/life balance, among others. As of
this writing, Anthony John Agnello did not hold a position in any of the
aforementioned stocks. Follow him on Twitter at
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