Looks like Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference may not prove to be the Palm Pre killjoy some had been expecting. In dueling research notes today, Oppenheimer analyst Yair Reiner and Piper Jaffray’s Gene Munster say that WWDC is likely to be something of a disappointment.
June 8. That’s the day Apple’s World Wide Developers Conference kicks off and the day the company is expected to uncrate its next-generation iPhone. Could it also be the day after Palm rolls out its new Pre handset? The latest rumors suggest it is, positing June 7 as one of the release windows for the Pre and noting that the company is casting a viral video campaign slated to run through that month as well. It’s an intriguing thought, but would Palm really do such a thing?
Apple reported the best June quarter in the company’s history, for both revenue and earnings, Monday. So why the sudden plunge in share price? Seems concerns about cancer-survivor Steve Jobs’s gaunt appearance at Apple’s World Wide Developers Conference in June have not subsided.
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