Just for fun, imagine if Apple bought Wacom. Yeah, it’s unlikely, but wouldn’t that be something?
Why would Apple do it? Well, Wacom technology is the number one hardware choice for drawing digitizers–a user market that Apple understands. Acquiring Wacom would also give Apple an edge in this market–particularly if it decided to treat Cintiq-like devices as monitor companions. Or what if Apple made a Tablet? Wouldn’t owning Wacom give it an edge others would love to have? At the same time it sure would put the Tablet ecosystem into a pickle, because I can guess that Apple wouldn’t give the best breaks to a competing market space.
Don’t worry this is all very unlikely, but it sure points out how precarious the digitizer supply is for Tablets.
I’ve blogged this before, but I just had to post it again. I just can’t help but nervously chuckle each time I think about it.