Suggestions for an Apple Shopping List - NYTimes.com

Excerpt from some interesting analysis -- especially about Nuance and Sprint; I expect Apple and Google will eventually get into bidding wars for both companies

"Having all that money can be daunting, so to help Mr. Cook, here is a potential shopping list — some must-buys and some pie-in-the-sky targets — that he may want to consider:
NUANCE This is the one no-brainer on the list. Nuance, based in Burlington, Mass., provides much of the speech recognition technology behind Apple’s Siri and dictation functions. Right now, Apple has merely licensed it and integrated it into both its mobile devices like iPhones and iPads as well as its new Macintosh operating system. Most users think it is Apple technology, but those services wouldn’t work without Nuance."

Suggestions for an Apple Shopping List - NYTimes.com