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Speculation of an Apple Acquisition Drives Sony's Stock Price Up

Here's an idea....

Maybe Apple shouldn't do anything at all with the money.

This is just consumerist-culture America creeping into these "analyst" professional lives. They got money! Gotta spend it now! Money Money Money!

If the Apple of 1997 had a crapload of cash in the bank, would people have called it "beleagured" at any point? Would folks have worried about hostile takeovers from other companies? No.
 
Digitalclips said:
Yes that closed minded, walled garden and highly restrictive attitude really stopped most developers even considereing developing for iOS and just look what a failure of Apple sales this has lead to as people so clearly hate it! You are obviously so right. :rolleyes:
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Hey I am right, it is a closed walled garden. That doesn't mean it can't be a success (it obviously is, currently). That also doesn't mean that I should therefore welcome that approach. It's entirely possible to not like something despite it making oodles of money for the company.
 
Jobs was a fan of Akio Morita, one of Sony's founders and a driving force in the company before they lost their way. Jobs in the early days used to pull apart Sony gear to see how they were built with such precision.

It kinda makes sense but it's so out of the ordinary from the acquisitions Apple have made previously - small companies bought for the expertise to complement projects already underway.

Doubtful.
 
A dobe ,Disney hell yeah!
Effing Sony ? Hell no!!!!!!!! Someone is trying to up the apple stock. But just to entertain the idea of a Sony buy, why the Fu** would apple want an empire with all that bloat?
Apple is going to get themselves a telecom company. I think that is why they have that big data farm ready to go.IMHO.
here is a few of my dreams and that is too see apple do printers again and even go into cameras.

I'm just saying.
 
SeaFox said:
Here's an idea....

Maybe Apple shouldn't do anything at all with the money.

This is just consumerist-culture America creeping into these "analyst" professional lives. They got money! Gotta spend it now! Money Money Money!

If the Apple of 1997 had a crapload of cash in the bank, would people have called it "beleagured" at any point? Would folks have worried about hostile takeovers from other companies? No.
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You are forgetting that many people have invested in the growth of Apple by buying shares. We want to see something back from that. Money in the bank for Apple doesn't give us shareholders anything, doesn't contribute to growth and basically deters people from investing (no dividends).
 
I wish Apple would take Adobe. Adobe has been messy for the past half decade and needs some straightening. Their software suites are filled with killer apps.
Clown Boy said:
Sony just don't make TV's you idiots.

Look at there portfolio which includes film production(Columbia), music production, mobile devices, industrial electronics(semi-conductors) and numerous other things.
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Exactly. Also, SONY has a very progressive electronics section that plays into what Apple does and is doing. SONY had already mapped out much of the consumer media market since 1980 spanning up to 2020, and they are still on target after 30 years.

Though they have flopped and semi-flopped media formats, their media formats were all excellent inventions and in most ways better than what was eventually adopted as the regular media (BETA & Blu-Ray). SONY would be a solid company to take for a dozen reasons.
 
Eddyisgreat said:
I'll eat an iPod shuffle if that happens.
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The worst possible marriage

Never in the history of history have two companies been less well-matched.

Sony is like the anti-apple.

Sony suffers from engineer-itis. Hundreds of engineers, let loose to make thousands of ill-considered, ill-designed products, many with no real appeal to consumers.

The Playstation brand, once the power-house behind Sony's growth, is now the hole in the bottom of the Sony ship letting in water. The Playstation 3 debacle continues to this day, with developers slowed by having to accommodate its bizarre engineering.

There is no discipline in Sony. There is no vision behind it. A company that is less than the sum of its parts. And some of those parts are pretty bad.

It can't even make its own TVs anymore.

Dear investors. Unbunch your panties. This will not happen.

C.
 
Google's market cap is 200B.

Facebook is something like 50B.

Leveraged buyout. That's all I'm saying. It would be totally stupid, but a great laugh.
 
Its never going to happened. Apple looking for some of the parts of Sony to acquire but not all. SONY days are over and Apple know that. They would look for to buy gaming, and maybe TV side of SONY. Thats all. The rest of the things are not really in interest of Apple so deal is off.
More likely Apple will focus to buy company which specialise in one product only which fit Apple business model. Yea....Facebook etc
 
Netflix + Akamai

Netflix for its brand name, streaming technology, and movie studio connections. And we all know that Steve hates DVD/BD, so Apple would halt all mail delivery of physical discs to hasten their demise.

Akamai for its content streaming and application delivery technology. Hulu uses Akamai, as do Amazon and (oh the irony) Adobe. And Apple already uses Akamai technology for iTunes Store, downloads from Apple.com, live keynote streaming etc.

Both Netflix and Akamai have market caps of just under $9 billion.

Those two would be great fits.
 
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Won't happen. How can Steve close the deal when he said he would never go to Japan again?
 
The only benefit to Apple (if they were to do this) would be removing a hurdle in bringing Blu-Ray playback support to the Mac.
 
Carniphage said:
There is no discipline in Sony. There is no vision behind it. A company that is less than the sum of its parts. And some of those parts are pretty bad.
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I think the assumption would be that Apple would bring the discipline and vision needed. I would assume they would cut the entire line of Sony PC hardware, keep the Bravo line of TVs to unify with the Apple TV, and then cherry pick through the consumer electronics division. PS3 is really of little concern to Apple, unlike it's 'BluRay Trojan' status in Sony; and may well be sold, spun off or just dropped.

However, I think they would almost certainly be required to divest the company from it's music and film studios for monopoly concerns. And the reaction of the Japanese government would be a huge concern.

It would also use up all of Apple's funds, preventing them from making any other of the small purchases they've been using to get technical capability benefits.

So I'd say it's not very likely. If however, they keep building up to to big enough to take the risk...
 
barberio said:
I think the assumption would be that Apple would bring the discipline and vision needed. I would assume they would cut the entire line of Sony PC hardware, keep the Bravo line of TVs to unify with the Apple TV, and then cherry pick through the consumer electronics division. PS3 is really of little concern to Apple, unlike it's 'BluRay Trojan' status in Sony; and may well be sold, spun off or just dropped.

However, I think they would almost certainly be required to divest the company from it's music and film studios for monopoly concerns. And the reaction of the Japanese government would be a huge concern.

It would also use up all of Apple's funds, preventing them from making any other of the small purchases they've been using to get technical capability benefits.

So I'd say it's not very likely. If however, they keep building up to to big enough to take the risk...
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Why buy a forest if all you want is a tree?

C.
 
Sony, maybe.

Disney? No way. I can't imagine this. I've never heard that rumor.

Appleworld in Orlando truly would be the happiest place on Earth, however. Epcot is already shaped like an apple, someone just needs to take a bit out of the side.
 
Apple will not acquire sony... It makes as little sense as Toyota seeking to acquire Chrysler. What can Apple hope to gain from a has been company that produces decent to mediocre products. Sorry if I offended any Chrysler fans.

I would prefer that Apple uses it cash hoard to pay out a very small dividend and use the rest to acquire truly innovative startups. Or they could use the cash hoard to deliver MS, Google, or Adobe a final deathblow. :)

Irrational speculation deserves irrational logic;)
 
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Sony offers nothing and makes no sense. Bluray is Sonys only plausible product Apple may want but I doubt they would want it given that Steve is pretty convinced that streaming is the way of the future and physical media is dead...although dont tell that to the people buying 3D TVs no way you are streaming 1080P 3D anytime soon
 
If Apple was to buy a Japanese company it would be Yamaha. Imagine everything from motorbikes and hovercrafts to trumpets and bass guitars running iOS. :eek:
 
Apple buying Sony?? Never!

However: I could see a major injection of cash by Apple into Sony for the rights to use all the Sony IP and integration of Apple technology into Sony Products.

Possibilities would be endless:
- AirPlay to all Sony TVs
- AppleTV integrated into Sony TVs
- I always wanted a small good camera with need apple like features (Sony Powershot with an interface like the iPod touch/ iPhone)
- all the Movie deals for iTunes
- all the Music deals for iTunes
- all the gaming technology (merging PS and iPod touch technology)
- ....
- all the IP Sony owns that could be useful to Apple

Yes, Apple, go ahead and buy into Sony IP and technology to get all the rights and integration (but do not buy Sony - Cooperate structure would probably be too different and it would be a disaster to integrate the two companies)
 
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