Benjamin Reitzes (Analyst)
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Benjamin Reitzes is an analyst with UBS Investment Research. As of November 2006, he had a 4/5 star rating from Yahoo Finance.
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Current Predictions
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Past Predictions And Results
- May 2007
- 2007: "new video iPods including a widescreen video iPod with multi-touch technology (likely flash), higher capacity nanos and shuffles and new Macs into the holidays". Status: True - Apple released a new iPod lineup in September, including the iPod touch
- Feb 2007.
- "We believe Apple is likely to hold another event by April or May to launch Leopard and/or other new Mac products (models with larger displays at least)" Status: False - Leopard has been delayed until October, and no event has been held to announce any Mac products as of late May 2007.
- "Apple may push iPhone technology into other products, including Macs next year and more 'ultra-portable' devices that can bridge the gap between media playing, basic wireless computing needs and even eventually some type of gaming and GPS capabilities." "We would not be surprised to see a new device this calendar year, featuring touch screen functionality." Status: True iPod Touch released in September 2007, and MacBook Air released at MWSF 2008 with multi-touch trackpad.
- June 2006.
- UltraPortable PCs from Apple using Flash memory to be delivered as early as Macworld San Francisco 2007. Status: False - No new computer was announced at MWSF 2007.
- November 2005.
- More video content and digital entertainment offerings at Macworld San Francisco 2006. Status: True - Some Video Content was added (Saturday Night Live) at Macworld 2006 (source)
- Launch of lower-end Intel-Macs earlier than June with the possibility of an Intel Mac Mini at Macworld SF 2006. Status: Partially True. Intel MacBook Pro and iMac were introduced at MacWorld SF 2006, but the Intel Mac Mini was not released until February 28.
