It is all smiles in Cupertino.

This week, Apple announced its best ever financial results for its second quarter ended March 29. Total revenue of $ 7.51bn and impressive profit of $ 1.05bn meant a huge increase over the same period last year where society figures of $ 770m and $ 5.26bn respectively. The gross margin was a huge 32.9 percent - down from 35.1 percent last year - but still in a remarkable era of electronics always cheaper.

During Q2 also shipped 2.289m Apple Mac and iPod 10.644m representing 51 per cent and one cent per unit growth respectively. iPhone sales for the period were 1.7 m - suggesting many are purchased and unlocked.

“We are very pleased to report 43 percent revenue growth and the highest March quarter and earnings in Apple’s history,” said Apple CEO and self-appointed messiah Steve Jobs. ” With more than 17 billion dollars in revenue for the first half of our fiscal year, we have a strong momentum to launch a fantastic new products in coming quarters. ”

In addition, Apple launched the fourth version of its iPhone SDK which includes Xcode IDE, the iPhone simulator with Open GL ES support, Interface Builder, Instruments, executives and samples, compilers and an analysis tool Shark. An updated version Toolbox audio, NSXML Parser support and revamped UIFont are too important to make an upgrade as opposed to most bugfixes seen in Beta 3.

Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer said developers around 200000 a week are signing the SDK suggests that owners could see some very exciting applications come the official launch in June.

Wait until it is hijacked by the end of the week …