Any truth to this rumor?

[daveo64]

Google's buying Apple

 

[adrynalyne]

Yes, absolutely true.

 

[CatsTide]

Google's buying Apple

Yes, absolutely true.

yeah i just got an email on it

 

[hookbill]

Well, I did get a laugh out of this.

 

[adrynalyne]

How long has this rumor been going around? I found references back to 2007

 

[gnmitchell]

That rumor's been out for years!!!

 

[iPirate]

Not only is it true, but apparently it will happen by 2011

Google will buy Apple by 2011, Part 2 Serendipity 2010

 

[kristoff125]

Funny he says they won't need to make any phones, but they did, and it helped a lot.

 

[Martin030908]

It wouldn't surprise me, down the line, to see Google buy T-Mobile. Esp. since T-Mobile has said that for the right price, they would sell.

 

[natediddy1120]

Yeah....now what Martin said probably WILL happen.....I would almost bet money on it

 

[KZIWarrior]

^+ to both the above (about T-Mobile)... but Apple, that's a bit far fetched and someones been smoking some REALLY good stuff (and they need to share:icon_ devil... Google doesn't have the capital and I doubt they could even raise enough if they tried. Not to mention there's NO way Jobs (or whomever the major share-holders are) would ever sell.

 

[Martin030908]

Hypothetical.

Google establishes Android further, buys T-Mobile, and then offers 'free' phones to all customers. Location based advertising pays for the phones. So you get a free phone, but it places advertisements to you based on your location.

 

[kristoff125]

It wouldn't surprise me, down the line, to see Google buy T-Mobile. Esp. since T-Mobile has said that for the right price, they would sell.

They would, within a few years become the best service available, beat out verizon's coverage and sprints speed.

 

[Martin030908]

Not to mention Google is already working toward their high speed internet, Google Voice is already rolling... they've got a lot going on. Just seems the natural progression of things to buy out a communications company, such as T-Mobile.

 

[KZIWarrior]

Hypothetical.

Google establishes Android further, buys T-Mobile, and then offers 'free' phones to all customers. Location based advertising pays for the phones. So you get a free phone, but it places advertisements to you based on your location.

LOL, now THIS is def possible (and Google's wet-dream I'm sure:icon_ banana... lol, and to think people are paranoid about the little bit of data leaked from Buzz... lol, wait till they learn Google is tracking their every move :rofl3: