What will Apple do with all that crazy iPod money?
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Twelve b-i-l-l-i-o-n dollars in cash and more coming in with a billion in profit for the last quarter…. With these record earnings, what will Steve Jobs decide to do with all that crazy iPod money? Apple Voices’ Michael Klinger and Kevin Edwards discuss potential ways Apple could spend the money.
We’d also like to know your thoughts, will Apple:
Merge with Adobe?
Purchase TiVo?
Purchase Palm?
Build its own mobile network or contract a MVNO?
Buy the Beatles Catalog / Apple Corps?
Squander the money on an iPhone trademark lawsuit?
Other?
Photo by Nerd Herd via Flickr/Creative Commons
Tags: Steve Jobs, iPod, Apple Voices, Michael Klinger, Kevin Edwards, Apple, Adobe, TiVo, Palm, MVNO, Beatles, iPhone
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January 18th, 2007 at 11:16 pm
[…] Kevin and Michael ask in their recent podcast, What should Apple do with all that crazy iPod money? Here are some of my acquisition suggestions/predictions: […]
January 19th, 2007 at 12:02 am
They should issue a one time dividend to the shareholders.
Jarrett
January 19th, 2007 at 9:32 pm
If they gave all $12 billion as a dividend, that would only be $14 per share.
I’d rather see Apple grow with the money.
January 20th, 2007 at 8:33 am
Very funny. I love clean interview format guys. I wouldn’t say its a prediction but I suspect that Jobs will not stop short of shaking up the us cellular market. Ok, shakeup is probably an over statement, but they could go a similar route as T-Mobile by leasing infrastructure from AT&T then using the apple stores as a sales channel for their gsm service. Then if they enable some kind of voip (like skype) into the iPhone formula then it gets even more interesting. You could imagine transparently switching between gsm and wifi telephony services. This would reduce peoples (and apples) dependency on the cellular providers. Most people who would buy such a phone I suspect would be white collar workers with wifi in easy reach most of their busy day. Heck if you consider the free metro area services popping up, you may never need to talk to AT&T.