Show Notes for Tuesday October 18, 2011

Apple Earnings Call

$28.87B in revenue

$6.62B quarterly profit

20.34B /4.31B year ago quarter

$81.57B cash on hand

4.89M Macs (up 26%)

17.07M iPhones (up 21%)

6.62M iPods (down 26%)

11.12M iPads (up 166%)

PC companies blame the iPad for cannibalization… but Mac sales up.

Apple Q4 earnings fall short of expectations: $28.27 billion in revenue, $6.62 billion net profit

Sprint Ad on Back Cover of the New Issue of Rolling Stone

Apple to close retail stores for Steve Jobs memorial

‘iPad Mini’ Rumors Revived with Claims of 7.85-Inch Screen

iPhone 5 on schedule for summer launch?

Early adopters: Don’t panic if your iPhone 4S has issues

What the iOS 5 update did to ISP traffic

Apple releases minor 4.4.1 software update for Apple TVi

RIM Announces 1 Billion App World Downloads

RIM apologizes for BlackBerry downtime with $100 worth of free apps

BlackBerry’s New QNX Platform Is Called BBX [BlackBerry]

Motorola Droid RAZR: The World’s Thinnest Smartphone Is Also Splashproof [Droid RAZR]

Verizon unveils DROID RAZR by Motorola, pre-orders begin October 27th for $299.99

Motorola Droid RAZR official: 7.1mm, Super AMOLED

Motorola Motoactv hands-on (update: video with Dean Karnazes!)

Samsung caught lifting iPhone screen for Galaxy Player shot

HP TouchPad Gets a webOS Upgrade from Beyond the Grave [Touchpad]

NTT DoCoMo confirms Galaxy Nexus will ship in November

Galaxy Nexus Specs Leak Just Ahead of Tonight’s Launch [Galaxy Nexus]

Canon announces EOS-1D X: full-frame 18MP sensor, 14 fps, 204,800 top ISO, $6,800 price tag

Hacked Kinect lets you turn any surface into a multitouch interface

Drink NOS, get a Batman Beyond skin for Arkham City

Western Digital extends suspension of operations in Thailand