AAPL's Cook: Not Looking to 'Compromise' Like Hybrid PCs

Shares are up 4% in the aftermarket. EUR/USD firming initially on the news. AAPL is guiding lower for the next quarter but they always do that

overwhelmed the stock for the past couple of months, but the premise for my recommendation has not changed and the subtle hints embedded in AT&T's (NYSE:T) earnings report help to reveal the pressures I see at Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) going forward.

There's a lot of interest in Apple Computer (AAPL) ahead of this afternoon's earnings report and after the stock fell in ten of eleven trading sessions, shedding 12.6 percent, in the two weeks leading up to the release. The term

By Joel Rosenblatt on April 24, 2012 Apple Inc. (AAPL) (AAPL) won a court determination that Samsung Electronics Co. violated court orders in a patent-infringement case by failing to produce documents referencing Apple features and designs.

AAPL reports its fiscal Q2 earnings after the bell. The options market is implying about a 7.15% move* which is fairly rich to its 4 qtr avg move of about 4.25%. MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT IT, FEAR IS IN THE AIR, AND THE