Is Apple going bad?

The Street reports that some analysts think that Apple has gone bad. American Technology Research thinks that Apple bore fruit and ripen in 2004 with its successful iPod. But Apple might start to rot from over ripening. Analysts sees three things that are signs that Apple is slowing down: decline in iPod sales prices; slowed down overall growth rate and; growth of competition. This year may be Apple's last hurrah. Maybe not. We'll just have to see. MDN

Aside from the the declining iPod sales and the slow down in growth, Apple also is becoming tarnished because of the legal tussle it is involved with several individuals and websites for leaking Tiger or information regarding products Apple doesn't want its competitors to hear about. eWeek says that some Mac fans might be put off with the strong arm and bullying tactics Apple is applying to those they are tussling with. Applepeels also has something to say about the cracks that are supposedly appearing in Apple's shiny image.