Phone Detective

Cupertino company sees smartphone's 90% growth fuel Q4 profits of $4.31 billion on earnings of $20.34 billion.

Last month, April held an event in San Francisco, and a good portion of that show was focused on the Cupertino-based iPhone maker's growing presence in the gaming space. According to Apple CEO Steve Jobs, more than 1.5 billion applications that fall within the "Games and Entertainment" section of the App Store have been sold, and the company hopes to further capitalize on the sector with the launch of its Game Center social-networking platform.

Apple saw no shortage in demand for iPhone 4.

This week, Apple put a point on its strength in the mobile sector as part of its fiscal fourth quarter earnings report. For the three month period ended September 25, the company said that it had sold 14.1 million iPhones worldwide, a 91 percent spike in terms of unit sales compared to the same period last year. Notably, Apple launched its latest iPhone revision, iPhone 4, in late June.

iPod sales, including the Touch, also ticked up 11 percent during the period to 9.05 million units. Apple has also continued to see success with the iPad. Having launched the device in April, Apple said that its tablet device sold 4.19 million units during the fiscal quarter. During its March 26-June 25 quarter, Apple sold 3.27 million iPads, putting the device's lifetime-to-date sales at nearly 7.5 million units.

\\ "We provide a wind of more than $ 20 billion in revenues and over $ 4 billion after-tax profits - and all-time record for Apple", said Jobs.

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