Apple reports their financial results for its fiscal 2008 third quarter ended June 28, 2008. Revenue up 38 percent year-over-year. Mac sales all-time high.

Shipping 2,496,000 Macs in the quarter, up 41 percent in units from a year ago. Apple also sold a little more than 11 million iPods in the quarter, up 12 percent from a year ago. Apple moved 717,000 iPhones in the third quarter, up from 270,000 a year ago.

“We’re proud to report the best June quarter for both revenue and earnings in Apple’s history,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “We set a new record for Mac sales, we think we have a real winner with our new iPhone 3G, and we’re busy finishing several more wonderful new products to launch in the coming months.”

Hints at new products and Stevo’s health is now even more of an issue. When asked about Mr. Jobs health the company line was “Jobs’ health is “a private matter” and that he has no plans to leave.

This answer did not fly well with investors or stockholders. We all hope Steve Jobs is well and is as healthy as anyone, but Apple is a public company and Steve Jobs as CEO is an asset. Apple needs to do better than this. They need to clarify and have a succession plan outlined for stockholders or these questions will not end.

Apple shares lost $17.47, or 10.5 percent, to $148.82 in after-hours trading on Jobs health concerns and conservative forecasts by company.

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