Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Apple Inc., Broadcom, Texas Instruments, Best Buy and Amazon.com

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Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day
the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting
stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include:
Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL), Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM), Texas Instruments (NYSE:
TXN), Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) and Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN).

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Here are highlights from Monday`s Analyst Blog:

Apple`s iPad Hits Stores

Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) launched its much-hyped Apple tablet computer called
the iPad on April 3 in the U.S. Shares of AAPL surged and had hit a near record
high, rising further after hours last Thursday to $236.50. Reviews of the iPad
were favorable, with some exceptions.

The iPad is available only in the U.S. for now and is priced at just $499 for
the 16GB model, going up to $599 for the 32GB model and $699 for 64GB (only for
the Wi-Fi model).

It has a battery that lasts 10 hours and can be used for a month on standby
without needing to charge. iFixit, an Apple parts and repair specialist, said
that the iPad includes chips from Samsung Electronics, Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM)
and Texas Instruments (NYSE: TXN). Moreover, the iPad is available at Apple`s
200+ U.S. retail stores and will also be sold via Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) stores.

The iPad includes 12 new apps designed especially for the iPad, and will run
almost all of the over 150,000 apps in the Apple App Store, including apps
purchased for iPhone or iPod touch. iPad syncs with iTunes, just like an iPhone
or iPod Touch.

The iPad can be used for web browsing, reading and sending email, viewing
photos, watching videos, listening to music, playing games and reading e-books.
It has a touch screen and comes with 16, 32 or 64 gigabytes of flash memory
storage and built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity. The iPad is neither a
netbook nor a laptop but attempts to build in features of both a smartphone and
a laptop.

The iPad can be used for reading ebooks, which increases competition for
Amazon.com`s (Nasdaq: AMZN) as well as other e-book readers. The iPad has
enhanced video capabilities and large arrays of video games that make up a large
percentage of the apps currently available for the iPad. It can use
approximately 150,000 existing iPhone apps, as well as new ones currently
designed for the iPad.

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