These imitations, analysts say, merely confirm the huge popularity of Apple brands and Steve Jobs.
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Nonetheless, the continued popularity of Apple's iPhone, iPad and iPod products has led to earnings growth that is outpacing the stock's ascent.
While phones running Google's Android system represent the majority of the world's smartphones, no single phone has come anywhere near the popularity of Apple's iPhone.
Siri is going international: In addition to English and a handful of other languages she will now process Spanish, Italian, Korean, Mandarin and Cantonese -- a nod to Apple's growing popularity in China.
Of course, Hesse made that decision just as the Apple iPhones were peaking in popularity.
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The Mac App Store is seen as a way for Apple to capitalize on the popularity of its iPhones and iPads to sell more computers.
Mr. Schiller shared data on the iPhone's popularity and said Apple's own research shows that four times as many iPhone users switched from an Android phone than to an Android phone in the fourth quarter.
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With the popularity of the Apple (AAPL) iPad, there has been a rush by hardware manufacturers and chip makers alike to rush into the category, which had been pretty sleepy until Apple entered the market.
Demand at the moment is very high (maybe peaking?) so Apple is riding that wave of popularity all the way to the bank, for now.
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The iPhone remains a growth engine for Apple and the phone's popularity in Asia was a factor behind the company's robust earnings for its most recent quarter.
The over-reaching popularity of all things Apple is enormous.
Apple's dominance stems from the popularity of its iPod media player and its integration with the iTunes software.
Still, RIM's carrier partners worried that the wild popularity of the iPhone could give Apple outsize influence in the market.
The security firm found that the increasing popularity of media players like the Apple iPod and greater use of tiny USB drives, that many people carry on a keychain, is exposing many firms to real security risks.
And as Apple executives had hoped, the iPod's popularity is helping drive up sales of its Macintosh computers.
Aside from the fact that a lot of investors are sitting on tidy gains from long term Apple investments, the answer lies in how information and popularity work on the World Wide Web.
Apple has been riding an ever rising wave of success and popularity for years now.
The popularity of the iPhone has reached a point where Apple feels confident enough to challenge the carriers on their major source of revenue: SMS messaging.
The poor reception for Apple's maps don't appear to have dented the popularity of the iPhone 5, however.
Apple only sells smartphones, so its fortunes rising in lockstep with the decreasing popularity of feature phones makes perfect sense.
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Apple reported blowout earnings for its fiscal third quarter ended June 25 in part due to the popularity of its iPad.
In February 2007, Apple boss Steve Jobs called on record labels to stop using DRM in a bid to boost the popularity of downloadable music.
Apple's Safari browser leads on mobile phones and tablets, with 59% share, thanks to the popularity of the iPhone and iPad.
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