It makes no sense to me. If Apple thought Facebook's terms for Ping integration were unreasonable, the terms of a deal would likely be even more disagreeable. B

It makes no sense to me. If Apple thought Facebook's terms for Ping integration were unreasonable, the terms of a deal would likely be even more disagreeable. But even that aside, look at where Apple lacks control currently. They would likely want to plug a shortcoming there. The two places that leap to mind are manufacturing and wireless service. Jobs must be so annoyed that they have to depend on contract manufacturing. One of the primary reasons they didn't move more product this quarter was supply. The Apple of old did a lot of their own manufacturing. Likewise, dealing with wireless network providers has got to be a drag. But buying Clear or Sprint doesn't help internationally as others point out.