Just fulfilling these existing markets will easily take Apple up to the valuations you cited.
Try to imagine how long it would take Apple to sort out manufacture of the iPhone at home.
At this pace it would only take Apple five quarters to use up almost all of its approved buyback.
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But is there anyone out there who would, or even could, run the program to take Apple private through a leveraged buyout (LBO)?
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It will take Apple's fight with Research in Motion, which has successfully moved from pushing corporate messaging gadgets to selling their products to text-happy teens, to the BlackBerry's home turf.
Take Apple 's iPod, which lets today's teenagers download any song for 99 cents--one-quarter of the price (in constant dollars) that kids in 1975 paid for a 45 rpm vinyl record.
Take Apple 's (nasdaq: AAPL - news - people ) iPod, which lets today's teenagers download any song for 99 cents--one-quarter of the price (in constant dollars) that kids in 1975 paid for a 45 rpm vinyl record.
Whether this is a very bearish take on Apple or a very bullish take on Tizen is probably a relative question, but Cupertino is unlikely to be manning the lifeboats just yet.
Huawei has a twofold strategy to take on Apple and Samsung, focusing on innovation and pricing.
The machine is designed to take on Apple's latest iMac, and Gateway 's iMac knockoff, the Gateway One.
Photo Journals are clearly designed to take over Apple's now-defunct MobileMe photo galleries.
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Next time, these foreigners will think twice before they take on Apple.
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But the technology behind it has become so sophisticated that it is now becoming a selling point as smartphone makers take on Apple's iPhone.
Not only do they get to sell tangible items in a store, but they have an ideal spot to push the Kindle Fire and take on Apple.
Ms. Hummel is afraid that the Windows technology is a flash in the pan given her recollection of Microsoft's feeble attempt to take on Apple's iPod with its Zune portable digital-music player.
The machine is designed to take on Apple's (nasdaq: AAPL - news - people ) latest iMac, and Gateway 's (nyse: GTW - news - people ) iMac knockoff, the Gateway One.
However, as an investor and one who takes an interest in what moves the market, Microsoft has been a huge disappointment this year- particularly for a brand that now wants to prove that it can take on Apple and the realm of mobile.
Today, consumers, accustomed to the ease of use, want more flexibility. (Take note Apple: a software upgrade that allowed users to change their screen display, such as adding a big round clock or introducing tiles, would create a real buzz.) Ironically, because Apple was instrumental in a big part of the proliferation of technology for the consumer, consumers, in a way, have outgrown Apple.
That schism caused friction with my employer, as Apple told IDC to take me off the Apple beat, but I kept talking to the press about the company anyway.
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At this point in the markets where Apple competes competitors are serving to grow the market more than take sales from Apple!
Sega released it to Mac users first to take advantage of Apple's newfound love of games.
New products take money and Apple spends it with a better return on investment than any other company.
The oft-rumoured Apple TV doesn't exist yet, presumably because media companies won't let Apple take over their business.
That systemic innovation take Nokia into Apple territory, and suggests Apple is once again slow to make a second major move.
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His take: Apple is right to leave many pros behind.
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