iPad sales

Amazon sold just 750,000 Kindle Fire tablets during the first three months of 2012, well off its fourth quarter mark. Apple sold 11.8 million iPads. And the future looks even more grim for the Fire.

There's always plenty to chew on in an Apple earnings report, but here are the seven numbers that investors should keep in mind as they assess the tech rock star's blowout quarter.

Despite no new iPhone, Apple continues to post record-shattering numbers.

Apple Inc.'s (AAPL) results trumped expectations for yet another quarter, with iPhone and iPad sales setting new records. Its stock surged $23.22, or 6.2 percent, to $400.07 in extended trading after the results came out Tuesday. Net income in the fiscal third quarter, which ended in June, was...

Verizon Wireless will start selling Apple's iPad on Oct. 28, two weeks after competitor AT&T kicks off its iPad sales. This is welcome news for many Verizon customers, although some of the might be wondering -- where's the iPhone?

A Wall Street analyst is projecting Apple's iPad sales to reach 28 million in 2011, with low-end notebook computer sales suffering as a result.