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DamianJ · 10-29-2010, 03:37 AM

Interesting rumours abound the valley (silicon valley, not OUR valley) about the possibility of Apple buying Sony. Apple have enough cash reserves to be able to buy them for cash, and their shareholders are bleating about them doing SOMETHING with the huge stockpile they have.

It would be interesting.

Jobs has loved Sony from day one. When the walkman came out he took it to bits to try and work out how they could engineer such smooth lines. Certainly they were the best consumer electronics brand, but now they have all this content.

Movies, music, bands, games, ALL owned by Sony.

If Apple suddenly owned all that content and IP, what could they do with it? How could they disrupt the landscape even more than they already have with ipod/itunes combo.

In terms of marketing, I cannot see Apple claiming ownership of Sony design of things like the incredo-ug Google TV remote control.

But seeing integration of Sony TVs and apple tv would be very interesting.

What do you think?

10-29-2010, 03:37 AM
DamianJ Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: A magical land Posts: 15,808	Will Apple buy Sony? Interesting rumours abound the valley (silicon valley, not OUR valley) about the possibility of Apple buying Sony. Apple have enough cash reserves to be able to buy them for cash, and their shareholders are bleating about them doing SOMETHING with the huge stockpile they have. It would be interesting. Jobs has loved Sony from day one. When the walkman came out he took it to bits to try and work out how they could engineer such smooth lines. Certainly they were the best consumer electronics brand, but now they have all this content. Movies, music, bands, games, ALL owned by Sony. If Apple suddenly owned all that content and IP, what could they do with it? How could they disrupt the landscape even more than they already have with ipod/itunes combo. In terms of marketing, I cannot see Apple claiming ownership of Sony design of things like the incredo-ug Google TV remote control. But seeing integration of Sony TVs and apple tv would be very interesting. What do you think?