Apple buying ARM would be scary for the phone industry IMHO. Talk about hamstringing your competition and halting the great progress we've seen in the smartphone industry in the last 2 years.
Apple loves hindering the progress of the market if it means they can come up with more ways to troll patents and let loose their legions of lawsuits and their effective attempts at stifling competition.
@juanvaldez If there ever was an acquisition of ARM I would rather see a chip manufacturer takeover it that one that uses it.
But I rather wish they leave ARM alone. But if their is an acquisition I'm sure there will be a another chip mobile manufacturer around with the help from other mobile company investments.
I think you're forgetting what and who caused this progress you speak of in the Smartphone industry. If it wasn't for Apple and the iPhone you'd be still going on today about how cool you Motorola Razor is. I love how you and the other Philistines promote the idea that Apple somehow hinders competition when they're only protecting what they've created from everyone that's just catching up during the past three years. The simple fact is that they're the biggest user of ARM technology and if they have the cash and willingness to corner that tech for themselves then it benefits them simply by protecteting the markets thats they've developed. I don't see anything wrong with that.
I don't think it's anywhere near as clear-cut as that.
To look at it the other way; ARM being swallowed up and becoming proprietary architecture would open up a huge gap in the mobile market that could potentially be filled by something even better.
@gimpymw Apple has now created the smartphone? I love the iPhone and give credit where credit is due in that the iPhone revolutionized the smartphone industry, but HTC, RIM, Samsung, etc were making ARM based smartphones long before Apple got into the business. Win Phone 7, Android, WebOS, even items like the Nintendo DS, ZuneHD, Archos internet tablets and PMP's, those are all based upon ARM architecture. I'm all for Apple protecting their designs but competition is GREAT for us consumers and I don't see how anyone in their right mind would say this move would do nothing but hinder competition in the smartphone arena.
Apple infused cash into ARM to get their operation going when they needed the funding. By your stupid logic, then Apple owes everything to MS for giving them cash when they were in financial trouble during the 90's.
This is anti-competitive, plain and simple. Look, I like Apple too, but youre letting your fanboyishness shine here.
And another note, Apple is not the largest user of ARM products. A lot of companies use ARM products whether its a little chip in a car, in a blender, all to way to iPhones and such.
The fact you said this completely destroys whatever credibility you had on this matter.
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Apple buying ARM would be scary for the phone industry IMHO. Talk about hamstringing your competition and halting the great progress we've seen in the smartphone industry in the last 2 years.
@DeoreDX
Apple loves hindering the progress of the market if it means they can come up with more ways to troll patents and let loose their legions of lawsuits and their effective attempts at stifling competition.
@DeoreDX Agree, I think Apple is the only company worse than Intel would be for an acquisition. I don't want to see either take over ARM.
@juanvaldez If there ever was an acquisition of ARM I would rather see a chip manufacturer takeover it that one that uses it.
But I rather wish they leave ARM alone. But if their is an acquisition I'm sure there will be a another chip mobile manufacturer around with the help from other mobile company investments.
@DeoreDX
I think you're forgetting what and who caused this progress you speak of in the Smartphone industry. If it wasn't for Apple and the iPhone you'd be still going on today about how cool you Motorola Razor is. I love how you and the other Philistines promote the idea that Apple somehow hinders competition when they're only protecting what they've created from everyone that's just catching up during the past three years. The simple fact is that they're the biggest user of ARM technology and if they have the cash and willingness to corner that tech for themselves then it benefits them simply by protecteting the markets thats they've developed. I don't see anything wrong with that.
@DeoreDX Yes, it would halt all the iPhone-cloning. What a sad day.
@DeoreDX
I don't think it's anywhere near as clear-cut as that.
To look at it the other way; ARM being swallowed up and becoming proprietary architecture would open up a huge gap in the mobile market that could potentially be filled by something even better.
@r34p3r when has Apple hindered the market?
@trainwrecka
It'd halt the production of some 75% of cellphones.
@gimpymw Apple has now created the smartphone? I love the iPhone and give credit where credit is due in that the iPhone revolutionized the smartphone industry, but HTC, RIM, Samsung, etc were making ARM based smartphones long before Apple got into the business. Win Phone 7, Android, WebOS, even items like the Nintendo DS, ZuneHD, Archos internet tablets and PMP's, those are all based upon ARM architecture. I'm all for Apple protecting their designs but competition is GREAT for us consumers and I don't see how anyone in their right mind would say this move would do nothing but hinder competition in the smartphone arena.
@gimpymw
You are wrong.
Apple infused cash into ARM to get their operation going when they needed the funding. By your stupid logic, then Apple owes everything to MS for giving them cash when they were in financial trouble during the 90's.
This is anti-competitive, plain and simple. Look, I like Apple too, but youre letting your fanboyishness shine here.
Get real.
@gimpymw
And another note, Apple is not the largest user of ARM products. A lot of companies use ARM products whether its a little chip in a car, in a blender, all to way to iPhones and such.
The fact you said this completely destroys whatever credibility you had on this matter.