Apple's Future Looks Bright

With its iPhone scheduled for release toward the end of June and the Leopard operating system pushed out until October, Apple's(AAPL Quote) fiscal second-quarter earnings report on Wednesday could be relatively quiet.

But it will be the lull before another consumer-assault storm.

Apple's most talked-about release in the last three months has been Apple TV, a wireless box that can stream movies, TV shows and music from a computer to a television. ...