This is really funny to me. I remember me being a little bit surprised by the size of the iPad when it was introduced. But more I think about it more sense it makes to me and more these half ass attempts like today’s announcement of Samsung’s 7-Inch Tablet makes me chuckle. Reason is again

So what do you think? I liked AirPlay, gaming looks amazing, new Touch is going to be hit. Apple TV look great too. Streaming was no problem.

One thing I think wont fly though is $0.99 rentals. Networks are all hot to try to milk it, but I don’t believe that model will work. Neither

Futures heavily up. Should be strong open. Shanghai closed down -0.60%. London FTSE 100 is up +1.43% at this moment! AAPL should break both of it’s most immediate resistances (244.56, 245.75) right at the open.

Anyone else experiencing problems with TDAmeritrade iPhone app? My thinkorswim’s iSwim works normal, no problems. It is mind boggling as TD Ameritrade bought thinkorswim, so both apps are essentially the same.

This will have to have impact on Apple’s bottom line eventually.

“Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., the largest contract manufacturer of electronics, and unit Foxconn International Holdings Ltd. fell in Asian trading as earnings missed estimates after wage increases at their China factories.

Hon Hai, which manufactures Apple Inc.’s iPad, lost 6.6 percent to NT$113 as

ECONOMIC CALENDAR:
Monday Aug30, 8:30AM ET – Personal Income
Wednesday Sep1, 10:00AM ET – ISM Manufacturing Index
Thursday Sep2, 10:00AM ET – Pending Home Sales
Friday Sep3, 8:30AM ET – Employment Report

EARNINGS:
Wednesday: Heinz (HNZ), Hovnanian (HOV), Joy Global (JOYG)
Thursday: Krispy Kreme Doughnut (KKD), Take-Two Interactive (TTWO)
Friday: Campbell Soup (CPB)

DJIA breakout zone 10,060
DIA breakout zone 100.60
AAPL breakout zone 242

5 min stochastic overbought at the moment on all of them so we may see slight pullback before it tries again.

Alright, we’ve got some traction into the close today and AAPL after weeks(!!!) of lagging the DJIA actually got finally ahead of it. AAPL actually performed 6x stronger than DJIA (forget the Beta as that’s more of the overall volatility gauge than performance gauge).

So what are your votes on what will the MMs pin

Since May 25th Verizon is bucking the trend while both DJIA and Apple where falling in tandem. Yesterday, when market dropped 133 points, VZ actually gained 0.20%. I say somebody around Verizon knows something we don’t. I would say Apple-Verizon deal is in the works, but then it is a little perplexing why Apple was

“Apple plans to hold a San Francisco event Sept. 7, two weeks ahead of the start of the new prime-time TV season, to unveil the service and an updated line of entertainment products, two people said.

Apple TV

Apple will introduce a new version of the Touch with a higher-resolution screen — similar to the display featured