By appyling to expand their trademark coverage last week, Apple’s keeping the door open to enter the gaming arena:
Toys, games and playthings, namely, hand-held units for playing electronic games; hand-held units for playing video games; stand alone video game machines; electronic games other than those adapted for use with television receivers only; LCD game machines; electronic educational game machines; toys, namely battery-powered computer games.
I could imagine Apple bringing additional casual gaming titles to the iPod (iPhone and Apple TV too), but I’m not sure what else (worthwhile) they can bring to the industry at this point. Though the “educational game machines” angle is interesting… A LeapFrog-a-like or how about a Hypercard 2008 tablet? The industry segment that could use the Apple touch is digital photography.