The phrase "acquired the device" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to the act of obtaining or gaining possession of a device, typically in a formal or technical context.
Example: "After extensive research, the team acquired the device necessary for the experiment."
Alternatives: "obtained the device" or "secured the device."
The price of an EpiPen two-pack has risen from less than $100 in 2007, the year Mylan acquired the device, to $608 today.
But consider that at its peak, when Blackwater had nine business units, including an air wing, it had some capacity to illicitly transport and deliver a nuclear weapon, assuming it not only acquired the device but also the ability to arm and activate it.
Companies should implement opt-in choices at the point of sale when the consumer is acquiring the device with an easy to understand language.
Publishing houses should acquire the device and brand it with their own labels to "move traditional print readers into the digital world in a targeted manner.
I tried to acquire the devices, but couldn't even get a quote".
"The winner of this quarter is Microsoft, which grew 123%," writes Gupta, who says that the Microsoft deal to acquire the devices and services business is a good thing because it will "unify effort and help drive appeal of [the] Windows ecosystem".
The instable demand conditions, however, make it risky to acquire the devices and equipment necessary for the treatment of patients.
In 2004, it bought Pfizer's eye surgery unit for $450 million and acquired the laser device maker Visx in 2005 for $1.3 billion.
Nokia's maps division was one of the parts that Microsoft did not buy when it acquired the phone-making "devices and services" part of Nokia in 2013.
Nokia looks poised to take the big hit in this round of layoffs – Microsoft brought on around 25,000 of the Finnish company's employees when it acquired the company's devices and services division.
The forward blocking voltage of about 600 V is acquired for the device.
