—Sector breakdown: Apple sold 2,524,000 Macs during the quarter, representing 9 percent growth over the year-ago quarter. The company sold a record 22.7 million iPods during the quarter, representing three percent growth, and 4,363,000 iPhones, representing 88 percent unit growth over the year-ago quarter.

—iPhone performance: In the fourth quarter, the iPhone business racked up $4.6 billion in revenues, a huge jump. Unit sales of iPhone 3G continued to be significant in the quarter ended Dec. 27, 2008, with 4.4 million iPhones sold; that compares to 6.9 million iPhones sold in the fourth-quarter period. Apple reports revenues from iPhone and Apple TV over their economic lives, but when it’s adjusted and you eliminate the impact of subscription accounting, the company said non-GAAP revenues from these two products—a majority of which came from the iPhone—were $11.8 billion in revenue and $2.3 billion in net income. The company reported these non-GAAP numbers for the first time last quarter.

—Outlook: Peter Oppenheimer, Apple’s CFO, said in a release that, “Looking ahead to the second fiscal quarter of 2009, we expect revenue in the range of about $7.6 billion to $8 billion and we expect diluted earnings per share in the range of about $.90 to $1.00.”

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