10 Absurdly Expensive, Four-Figure iPhone Apps (AAPL)


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A lot of new apps have come out since we named the most expensive iPhone apps last year.

We worked with Mobclix/Velti, a mobile ad exchange network, to update the list.

We were surprised to find iPhone apps are more expensive than iPad apps. Last year, only one app cost $999.99.

Now there are ten four-figure apps.

Intuition Control Solo WolfVision - $999.99

Description: An app that helps control WolfVision visualizers, i.e. video conferencing controls. Images from video conferences can also be saved, stored and emailed.

Release Date: Aug 7, 2010

Genre: Utilities

Seller: SPEL, a.s.

Source: Mobclix, a Velti company

QSFFStats - $999.99

Description: An app for flag football that helps keep track of stats for all leagues.

Release Date: June 16, 2011

Genre: Sports

Seller: Brad Cummings

Source: Mobclix, a Velti company

Agro - $999.99

Description: "Agro App allows agronomists to create and email paddock/field inspection reports while on farm, have it distributed there and then. Eliminating trips to the office to type up reports."

Release Date: May 27, 2011

Genre: Productivity

Seller: Ezi App

Source: Mobclix, a Velti company

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5 Things to Watch Next Week: Potter Mania, Brokers, Apple, Ballmer on Trial

Harry PotterThere's no such thing as a summertime lull when earnings season is upon us. Even if you don't feel like alerting the "sell in May and go away" camp of investors, there are plenty of headlines to be written about the week ahead.

Here are some of the items that will help shape the week ahead.

1. Welcome back, Potter: If you find any sleepy-eyed drivers on the road wearing wizard robes today, don't panic. They're probably just Harry Potter fans trying to stay awake after catching one of the midnight premieres for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 earlier today.

Why is today's debut something to watch for next week? Good question, my fellow muggle. We'll be getting the first tallies of box office receipts on late Sunday and early Monday, and how well the movie fares at a multiplex near you this week may move some of the related stocks:

  • Time Warner (TWX) is the company behind the eight-film series. Some have wondered what the studio will do for an encore, but life after Potter isn't a question that Warner Bros. will need to answer now. DVD, Blu-ray, digital distribution, and TV broadcasting rights will keep Time Warner milking J. K. Rowling's magical franchise for a long time.
  • RealD (RLD) and IMAX (IMAX) may have even more at stake once the weekend numbers are made public. RealD is the leading outfitter of 3-D screens around the country. IMAX has spent decades building out its network of supersized cinematic solutions, but it's really come into its own in recent years as a global phenomenon as its emphasis has shifted from museum documentaries to blown-up Hollywood blockbusters remastered on its gargantuan screens. Potter is available in 3-D and IMAX beyond the conventional 2-D screens. It will either validate premium cinema or lead investors to wonder if it was all a passing craze.


2. Discount brokers on parade: Discount brokers are the gateways of empowerment for individual investors. The E*TRADE Baby is just as ubiquitous as the E. F. Hutton ads were a generation ago.

Charles Schwab (SCHW), TD AMERITRADE (AMTD), and E*TRADE (ETFC) are three of the country's largest discounters, and they will all be stepping up to report their quarterly financials next week.

We'll have daily dissections. Niche pioneer Schwab reports Monday. TD AMERITRADE -- the company formed as the result of merging TD Waterhouse with Ameritrade -- reports Tuesday. And then it's E*TRADE, baby, on Wednesday.

The firms report monthly metrics, so we know that investors haven't been doing a whole lot of trading this past quarter. However, analysts still see Schwab and E*TRADE posting healthier profitability than they did a year ago.

3. An Apple a Day: Everybody seems to have an opinion on the class act of Cupertino, and understandably so. Apple (AAPL) has grown to become the country's most valuable tech stock, second only in the investing universe to ExxonMobil (XOM) in terms of market capitalization.

Apple reports Tuesday after the market close. Wall Street is targeting a profit of $5.73 a share out of Apple, a healthy gain from the $3.51 a share it rang up a year earlier. Don't be surprised if Apple earns more than that, since the tech bellwether has routinely blasted past analyst estimates.

The real meat in the report will be how many Macs, iPhones, and iPads the company sold in the past three months. Investors hoping for news on the next iPhone or clarification on rumors that the third generation of iPad tablets may hit the market later this calendar year will be out of luck. Apple saves those unveilings for announced media events.

4. Office gossip: Few investors have Tuesday's quarterly report from Cintas (CTAS) circled as "must watch" viewing. But that's a mistake.

Cintas is the country's leading provider of uniform rentals and other corporate consumables. In other words, it's a great proxy for the state of corporate America. If Cintas is leasing out more freshly washed uniforms, it's a good sign that companies are hiring again.

Office furniture specialist Knoll (KNL) also reports Tuesday, but Cintas is still the better proxy given its wide-reaching popularity.

5. Mr. Softy v. The Angry Mob: There's a lot of drama heading into Thursday's quarterly report out of Microsoft (MSFT), and it has little to do with numbers.

Institutional investors and hedge fund managers have gone public with calls for CEO Steve Ballmer to step down and for the world's largest software company to ramp up its dividend and share buybacks.

The root of the criticism stems from Microsoft's stagnant share price over the past decade and iffy prospects for its future as cheaper operating systems and productivity software grow in popularity.

Ballmer isn't likely to go anywhere for now, and no analysts on the conference call will likely be brave enough to bring up the matter. Returning money to investors through one-time dividends or massive stock repurchases is fairer game, but good luck trying to tell Microsoft what to do.
Longtime Motley Fool contrbutor Rick Munarriz does not own shares in any of the companies in this story. The Motley Fool owns shares of Microsoft and Apple.

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A New Focus In Stewardship

God is doing something in the realm of stewardship right now. Patrick Johnson of National Christian Foundation has seen it first-hand. Pastors are seeing the need for stewardship training, and many people are hungry for it.

There are two key areas that have helped to open pastors? eyes.

One is that budgets have been flat or down for most churches lately. ?That?s been a good wake-up call.? Leaders want to address the issue, get leaner, and get rid of church debt as a result. ?It?s like when we get overweight and it finally starts to bug us enough to do something about it,? he said.

The other is a shift from focusing on what you?re taking in to where it?s going. There?s a more external focus. ?Bigger barns are not where it?s at anymore.? He knows of some churches that are working toward a 50-50 model that involves giving away half of what comes in.

Focusing on the Gospel

Not focusing on building buildings or raising funds frees us to focus on the biblical meaning of stewardship. Yes, giving is a factor, but maybe not in the way so many think about it.

Patrick encourages church leaders that the tithe is just the starting point of generosity. He says that most people could tithe in our culture. If their boss came in and cut their income by 10%, most people wouldn?t go bankrupt! ?I think we need to go way past the tithe.?

Two of the most famous passages on giving (2 Corinthians 8 and 9) don?t talk about the tithe. ?They compare giving to Christ?s sacrificial gift. They compare giving to churches that were in poverty but give out of their own need.?

A church can have a history of giving without being generous. ?Generous churches are led by generous people,? he said. ?Start living it out. You can?t take people where you haven?t been.?

Above all, Patrick reminds us to focus on the gospel. It?s motivating to be led by a generous pastor who focuses on the gospel.

?Somebody said, ?If you stare at Jesus long enough, you?ll become a giver; if you give long enough, you?ll become more like Christ,?? he said. ?I believe that if you stare at the cross long enough, you?ll be a giver.?

Dave Ramsey has created a program called Momentum to help churches teach their congregations what it means to live out biblical generosity. Momentum is all about bringing people back to God?s view of money management and cultivating a culture of lasting generosity. Discover today how Momentum can help your congregation.

More About Patrick Johnson

How generous is your church? It?s not an easy question to answer, but Patrick Johnson, Senior Vice President at National Christian Foundation, has helped churches all over the country do it with something they call the Generosity Diagnostic. You can learn more about it at nationalchristian.com. Patrick also shares a helpful look at five attributes of a generous church in this video.

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Makers, Takers And Wealth Transfer In The Modern Welfare State

As a modern democracy matures, it shifts from being a nation of makers to becoming a nation of takers. Wealth and power are gradually transferred from those who earn it to those who use the system to commandeer it. The zombies take over, in other words.

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