Bloomberg noted that adding TV shows to Apple 's portfolio of download options would increase the appeal of its iPad, iPhone and iPod devices, and would help Apple compete with companies like Netflix and Amazon.com, which offer online videos.
It's the largest store in Apple's portfolio to date, and it will be the first Apple store to be open 24 hours a day, seven days a week (a fact unknown until a week ago by most of the 300 workers, including 250 new employees).
One good apple among his portfolio was Apple Computer, which he recommended for under $8 (split-adjusted) in 2002.
Indeed, Apple's own portfolio could provide competition to its new phone.
Now Apple, with its patent portfolio relating to multitouch controls and other ways these complex phones operate, apparently believes it has the legal leverage to slow down Google and the spread of Android.
"Some mobile operators are becoming concerned about the high level of subsidies they spend on the iPhone, while Samsung is expanding its popular Galaxy portfolio and providing Apple with more credible competition".
If Apple were to add gaming to the Apple TV, would it be done well like the rest of Apple's portfolio, or is still just a hobby?
"We expect Samsung to slightly extend its lead over Apple this year because of its larger multitier product portfolio," Neil Mawston, executive director at Strategy Analytics, told Reuters in an email.
At the TA Idex Transamerica Science & Technology fund, Apple, Google and R.I.M. made up more than 18percentt of the portfolio in early December, up from 16.2percentt Sept. 30.
