I was given the Ipod nano 6th generation for Christmas 2011. I was starting to take up running and needed something to track my run. since I just started I was only using my Ipod roughly 3 times...
I have had the iPad Verizon 4G LTE for a month now, and over all I couldn't be happier with the machine. The only issue I have found so far is when on wifi it has a slower speed in processing...
I have owned at least a dozen different Mac laptops over the years, starting with a Powerbook 1400 back in the day. The 13-inch Air is my absolute favorite of the bunch. It's the first laptop...
I spent quite a bit of time reading the setup manuals and various Apple articles about manually setting up this device since I have an unusual setup, and the setup manuals indicated I would have...
The issue with games developers is the same with movie directors. They are only as good as their last work and you can't bank on any future work being a success. The Call of Duty franchise, while profitable is really wearing thin. Treyarch did a great job with Black Ops but subsequent releases will be more of the same. Outside of that franchise, what does Activision really have? They are a publisher for other developers so not all franchises under their name will come along with the sale.
I'd say a better purchase would be either Epic or Square Enix. Their next-gen game engines shown at E3 are stunning. Apple could get a team like that to put together an iOS game engine that you get for free with the developer tools. Square Enix have such a talented group of artists but don't seem to know how to turn a profit.
Apple could build custom hardware components to accelerate parts of the game engine beyond what is capable in competing platforms:
Beyond this, they can make a real-time 3D engine for Motion like the Unreal tech demo shown:
Buying into any individual company in a competitive arena though comes with its difficulties. It's easy for the company to languish under the umbrella of safety of a profitable company and the purchase then becomes devalued. Companies shouldn't look to be owned by other companies but stand on their own right. Cultures can clash on merging companies together.
