IMO Smart use of money by Apple.

This would be a good move by Apple, the competition would be left in the dust.

Would be interesting to see their current license arrangements with customers and see if they have a termination clause in the case of acquisition.

Get ready for the 256 GB iPad and iPhone. You know it's coming. Perhaps not in the next version, but soon enough.

MSP is included in both Anobit's MSP20xx embedded flash controllers for phones and tablets - which support up to 256GB of flash each - and a line of Genesis enterprise SSDs.

Anobit flash can take a pounding for 5 years

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/05/11/anobit_genesis/

Sounds smart. I'm sure it won't be long before Apple stops selling anything with a mechanical hard drive altogether.

I wonder if AI has an vids of Lisa Brennan-Jobs talking to an Israeli analyst about this deal.

with icloud and drop box how much local storage do you REALLY need

how many of you would buy an ipad with 256gb??

when schools order iPads they get 16gb

OK i can understand more local storage on a macbook or imac but isn't local storage
becoming obsolete (for most consumers)

i would like to see trended how much local storage people are using since the ipad came out, and over this next year as iCloud is adopted

my wife wants to migrate to an iPad, so the max i would get her is 32 probably get her a 16
i don't want to know what's the most common set up, but do people really need and use

i installed a new 500gb hd on my macbook, but now really looking close at my needs, especially they have dramatically changed since iCloud, iTunes match, and dropbox, gmail etc.
we are in changing times

Funny how Anobit's home page says 'making flash better.' Whereas Apple is all about 'killing Flash faster,'

For some of you, the need for storage may drop. However, for others who live or work in countries with slow and/or unstable Internet access, on board storage will be needed for awhile. Additionally, moving and working on a few hundred raw format photos in the same country will also require the storage. That said, this looks like a good deal and I would readily upgrade my 64GB iPad to 128 or 256 when the time comes.