Here are your Apple rumors and AAPL stock news items for Tuesday: Apple Preps
January iBookstore Media Event in New York City: While consumers and investors
alike are chomping at the bit for Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL ) to hold a big press
event so it can get on with announcing the next iPhone or iPad, theyre going to
have to wait for Apples actual next press event to come and go before
satisfaction arrives. A Monday report at All Things Digital , later confirmed by
Tech Crunch , said Apple will be hosting a media event later this month to talk
about new changes to the iBookstore. Tech Crunch s unnamed source said Apple
devotees shouldnt expect any major reveals at the event. Perhaps the company
plans to rename the iBookstore the iKindle store in hopes of tricking would-be
e-book shoppers? Analyst Says Amazon Kindle Fire Didnt Hurt iPad Too Bad: While
Amazon s (NASDAQ: AMZN ) Kindle e-bookstore traditionally has outsold Apples
iBookstore (thus making the above joke hilarious), the two companies have been
on reverse footing when it comes to actual hardware sales. Some Wall Street
analysts believed Amazon might turn the tide on Apple when it came to Kindle
sales versus iPad sales with the release of the Kindle Fire tablet. While the
Kindle Fire has been a sales success for Amazon over the holiday period, at
least one analyst believes it hasnt delivered a killing blow to iPad sales.
According to Apple Insider , Morgan Keenan analyst Travis McCourt said Amazon,
having sold approximately 4 million to 5 million Kindle Fires over the holiday,
likely only stole between 1 and 2 million iPad sales. As a result, McCourt now
believes Apple only sold around 13 million iPads over the holiday quarter less
than the 16 million he was previously expecting but still more than the 11.2
million iPads sold during the year-ago period. Samsung Steals iPhone Ad Girl for
Galaxy Tab Commercial: Samsung s (PINK: SSNLF ) rascally digs at Apple continue.
First the company used Apples attempts to block the Galaxy Tab from going on
sale in Australia as a selling point for the device . Now Samsung is stealing
the actresses from Apples commercials for its own. A Saturday story at TNW (via
9 to 5 Mac ) said a new commercial for the Galaxy Tab is not only styled after
Apples commercials, but it uses the exact same actress from a recent commercial
for the iPhone 4S. Coincidence or hilarious corporate japery? You decide. 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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