Comments on: Keeping the Powder Dry: What Will Apple Buy?

By: Alainkun

Alainkun — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 23:37:20 +0000

As they are the number one flash memory consumers and seems that they will build in flash memory in all the new macbooks I guess buying a company to make their own flash memories will be the best option.

By: Alainkun

Alainkun — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 06:25:24 +0000

Well, I think some good companies could be…
1- Some ISP provider. AT&T is too big but some Verizon could be posible.
2- Yahoo. This is not really an apple business but they could start to be everywhere if they own Yahoo too.
3- Skype. Want the user to use video conference calls? Just buy Skype and integrate it in all macs

By: eideard

eideard — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 13:03:01 +0000

Think bigger, folks. Not that he’ll take my suggestion; but, I emailed SJ to consider purchasing DirecTV.

Last time a controlling interest changed hands – Murdoch selling 39% to Malone – that cost $11 billion.

Such a purchase would provide immediate access and control of distribution of everything from series TV, movies, music, sports, sports, sports.

AppleTV could become part of the HD-DVR.

Endless possibilities.

By: RGBiv

RGBiv — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 19:54:06 +0000

What about Apple owning its own manufacturing plants in Asia and elsewhere.

By: danf

danf — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 19:29:26 +0000

Maybe Mr. Jobs dreams of taking Apple private ?

By: ronald

ronald — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 19:02:10 +0000

He also said something along the line that the iPad is being adopted by business much to his surprise.

They haven’t pushed it, but the corporate world is one big market.

The best thing after innovation is integration, here the integration of the consumer world with the corporate world. Who wants to let’s say go from an iPad at home to a Tab at work or visa via?

Apple has a small window to try to take on corporate. If they miss it, they will become a designers choice. After all it’s not about open,closed, fractured what ever. It’s about good and good enough and then about price and integration. In other words value for the customer. Good enough always catches up to good, which leaves other things to define value.

I don’t think iTunes integration is a value proposition in corporate.

By: Rob

Rob — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 17:46:45 +0000

they could just rename it iSpace

By: Andrew MacDonald

Andrew MacDonald — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 17:46:28 +0000

Completely agree Rob.

By: Brian S Hall

Brian S Hall — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 17:31:58 +0000

A good idea! And sure would breathe life back into MySpace.

By: jz

jz — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 17:09:52 +0000

I had the same thought as you, Sergio. Jobs loves to control the entire user experience, much of which is now heavily diminished by the mobile phone and internet providers. It seems to me that AAPL is cozying up to QCOM which, I believe, owns some wireless spectrum. Either QCOM’s spectrum or unused television station spectrum that may be put up for auction would be my guess. Google is after this spectrum as well.