08-Dec-2015, 17:51
(08-Dec-2015, 16:56)Confused Wrote: Am I the only one who finds the thought of Apple buying Devialet utterly horrific? Plus if they did fix AIR, it would be for the Mac only!
Not sure where the horror is - Apple are well known for wanting to make 'the whole widget' - undoubtedly the hardware of the Phantom (and expert) is really neat, Devialet have a load of patents and there are certainly similarities in the apparent design thinking of the two companies. Devialet is PE backed, and they'll be looking to cash in their chips at some point. Apple do great hardware / software integration and we're all pretty much agreed the software is the weak link. Given Apple are moving into all sorts of other consumer spaces than just computing I think it's certainly something they'd look at - especially given they already have the iTunes store and Apple Music...
