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- Milan0
Has Apple released a single original product since Steve Jobs died?
- nope.utopian
- Apple is becoming more like Microsoft every day.utopian
- Mac Promonospaced
- also, you act as if Steve released a new original product every week... they were years apartmonospaced
- utopian0
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- ESKEMA0
This was purely for hollywood connections in my view (as speculated elsewhere too). Music and TV/Movies industry deals that Lovine can make that no one else at Apple would be capable of making. Apple TV / iTunes reinforcements. Plus, a streaming service highly praised and curated by heavy weigth musicians.
The headphone part is the weird thing. Not sure how that will integrate into current lineup..
- monospaced0
This article sheds a little light on why the deal would make sense.
- set0
and a round phone.
Sold.
- set0
What apple needs to do is release iOS FUCKYEA and OSX YESCAT
- prophetone0
What Apple needs to do is bring back the Newton.
- utopian0
It is abundantly clear that Apple can not innovative and lead the technology pack without Steve Jobs.
Apple needs to become more like Google, Microsoft, etc... and acquire other technologies and companies if they want to thrive and stay alive.
Adapt, Evolve or go Extinct®
- monospaced0
Anyone who thinks the Beats deal has much to do with headphones is completely missing the picture of this proposal.
- <utopian
- no one thinks that, the news is pretty clear, but that doesn't bring any logic to itformed
- based on the comments above, and in the beats thread, I'd say people were pretty fucking confusedmonospaced
- confused, yes, because it makes little sense, regardless of the angle. But it is Apple's money.formed
- $3.2billion for a hire, and maybe cars and streaming (MAYBE) is pretty silly, imho.formed
- I guess I disagree. But you are clearly a much better financial and business advisor than Apple can hire.monospaced
- Because spending 6X as much on a messenger app is a better idea, right?monospaced
- < you must be confused about the value in purchasing the messaging app :)Krassy
- haha, okaymonospaced
- Weyland0
they all sound spectrally distorted, only a few high priced Beats phones sound better than a 100 euro Sennheiser or AKG, pfeh, swaggle drones who will be deaf by forty, mark my words
- The Solos sound like any cheap phones, the Studios are better but overly bassy. Both grossly overpriced.raf
- yeah, because loud headphones were invented by Beats... *facepalmmonospaced
- ernexbcn0
"Jimmy Iovine & Dr. Dre expected to take senior roles @ Apple following Apple's acquisition, @WSJ reports"
- inteliboy0
fun experiment of the day. let's submit a rumor that Apple are buying QBN for 1billion dollars and watch the internet explode as if it's truth.
- set0
- <utopian
- I like throat crushing your mom.monospaced
- Eww she's pretty oldset
- ewww mono,GeorgesII
- well, that's what you get when you act like a cunt for no reason, I guessmonospaced
- "Throat Crush" LOLutopian
- formed0
Yup, sure is a strange move. Solidifies their move to become a fashion brand (or try to, Beats seems like the worst possible choice, imho, and downgrade's Apple's quality image....unless you are 12).
Looks like we'll see a camera next, along with the TV....here comes the next Sony! And we see where they are...
- Vutopian
- "the next Sony"
So true if they branch out into a TV etc and spread themselves thinanimatedgif
- GeorgesII0
Apl, Apl sTahp!!!
how is buying the shittiest headphone maker going to make your shitty headphones better?
- they'll be well banging yohans_glib
- Read the article?monospaced
- zarkonite0
Good, their headphones are shit. They should buy a peripheral company too, their shit is a real embarrassment.