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

I'd love to know the reasoning behind people voting this as negative.

So many haters on this forum.
 
Hmm, what if Apple bought an ISP, Cable or Satellite Communications Company?

Owning the Big Data Center, the Devices, and the Pipe would make sense.

They could potentially buy a wireless carrier, like T-Mobile, but that may cause other carriers to push back and slow the proliferation of iPhones.
 
samwise said:
Until such time as infrastructure seriously improves, streaming will not be a viable option for a very large proportion of consumers.

Streaming a full-1080p movie over an average 2-8mb ADSL line (as used by the majority of consumers, I would imagine) is not feasible, especially when you add in throttling, caps and the time it takes.

It may work for people connected via FIOS or a high-speed cable, but until the telephone companies roll out more fibre optic services to a greater proportion of consumers (as cable isn't everywhere), people will still prefer to have the disc in their sweaty little hands :D
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The huge upsurge in streaming popularity and wide interest in companies to support it show that most consumers are not that committed to 1080p. Even 1.5mbps DSL will support 720p. Also the TV is no longer the only place people choose to watch movies and TV shows. People happily watch on small screens: computers, iPods, iPads, etc. where 1080p is overkill.

As I mentions, BD will become a videophile format for those that do care about 1080p. The real restraint on streaming right now is not bandwidth, it's content. As soon as studios open up their catalogs BD will be an also-ran format. The era of physical media will be over.
 
Brinkman said:
I'd love to know the reasoning behind people voting this as negative.

So many haters on this forum.
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From a shareholders point of view, I wouldn't want to see it. If they offered to buy the semiconductor business maybe. Not sure if they want to me in the movie and music business. Stereo's and TV? I just don't wee where they would fit.
 
Brinkman said:
I'd love to know the reasoning behind people voting this as negative.

So many haters on this forum.
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1) It's a bogus rumor meant to pump up Sony stock

or

2) It would be the end of Apple as we know it

If you admire Apple for what it is today (warts and all) you will not like a SonApple Corp.
 
Best Software Company in the Market?

If I was the Apple Board of Directors I would be asking myself, who out there is the best software company or makes the best software (other than us!). :)

If theres one thing Apple needs right now its more software engineers. :apple:
 
Unisys ppl Unisys!

http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/oct2010/tc20101026_138220.htm

My guess this deal is to test out the waters with a future buy out if all goes well.
I know of a new data center thats feeling a bit lonely and has plenty of room! ;)

Unysis has almost 26,000 employees and $46 million yearly revenue. It would be a big move into enterprise if Apple buys them out I would imagine pretty cheap too.

Any ideas on how much Unisys would be worth?
 
Brinkman said:
I'd love to know the reasoning behind people voting this as negative.

So many haters on this forum.
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perhaps many of them are shareholders.

rather than handing out dividends to satisfy investors, theyre using the money on acquisitions. so apples price will go down.

i personally dont see them buying EA, Disney, or Sony. Its going to be Facebook or Netflix. Facebook less likely but it could happen; with a bid war from MS that is.
 
AAPLaday said:
Not everyone can stream GBs of media all the time. The data cap wont allow it. Have you seen the size of a 720p film download.
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Exactly, that is why Apple should buy a big Telecom company like Verizon and offer unlimited data plans and high speed internet without download caps so people can download blu ray quality (1080p/3D) movies with uncompressed multi-channel audio, plus all the bonus features.
 
max pl said:
perhaps many of them are shareholders.

rather than handing out dividends to satisfy investors, theyre using the money on acquisitions. so apples price will go down.

i personally dont see them buying EA, Disney, or Sony. Its going to be Facebook or Netflix. Facebook less likely but it could happen; with a bid war from MS that is.
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It's never going to happen and is a bogus rumor. Apple is into buying up technology they can put into their hardware.

Buying Sony would be a huge liability.

The only one I can see out of it as being a safe investment is Facebook due to it's huge popularity.
 
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Apple should buy Netlist for their Hypercloud technology and intellectual property.

http://netlist.com/products/HyperCloud_landing.html

Also, Netlist is suing to shut down Googles servers because Google reverse engineered their IP and is using it without permission. Apple could probably pick up Netlist for $250 million and scare the crap out of Google in the process while possessing the most dynamic technology in cloud computing to make their data center super efficient and the fastest on the planet.
 
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Sony manufactures DSLR and compact camera sensors for most major camera brands. And with Apple's recent imaging company or imaging related buyout. I bet that is what they are aiming for. Control the bulk of camera sensor manufacturing and supply. And countersue Kodak with Sony's patents. Sensors plant can be converted to manufacture processors. Why give Intel more business?

Buy, buy, buy
 
Don Kosak said:
Hmm, what if Apple bought an ISP, Cable or Satellite Communications Company?

Owning the Big Data Center, the Devices, and the Pipe would make sense.

They could potentially buy a wireless carrier, like T-Mobile, but that may cause other carriers to push back and slow the proliferation of iPhones.
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telecom/cable companies have too much assets and capital expenses. too much assets for the balance sheet means their return on assets ratio is low. and they are always issuing long term debt to pay for network upgrades. and right about the time you finish an upgrade with debt still being outstanding it's time to start planning/testing the next generation of networks
 
Maybe they should just buy Sony Computer Entertainment.

I think Sony really messed up by not making VAIO their own platform, buying BeOS or making their own distro of Linux instead of depending on Windows. That's always been my biggest turn off with Sony. Their PCs have been nice industrial design, but the OS has always been the let down.
 
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This company you speak of is Netlist and they are currently suing Google to shut down all Google's servers. Also a huge plus is the fact that Netlist is only worth 80 million.

www.netlist.com
 
I think more chipmaker acquisitions would be a little more strategic for Apple. Perhaps Nvidia? Though it would be interesting to see what an Apple designed Playstation would look like.
 
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