HP Buys Palm for $1.2 Billion
Apr 28, 2010, 3:18 PM by Philip Berne
updated Apr 28, 2010, 3:45 PM
HP today announced the purchase of Palm, Inc. for $5.70 per share, or approximately $1.2 billion. The transaction has already been approved by the boards of directors of both companies. Palm's current CEO and chairman, Jon Rubinstein, will remain with the company. The transaction is expected to close during HP's third fiscal quarter, which ends on July 31, 2010.
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Palm is irrelevant...
So this must be why HP handed out pay cuts this year. To buy a dying and no longer relevant company 🙄 Android has the opportunity to be the best. Apple knows it, Microsoft knows it, the fanboys defending their ugly ass Palm Pre and Pixi's know it. webOS has no apps, The Pre and Pixi are as ugly as $hit which is why didn't sell. It's over, accept it. Google and Apple FTW!!
Repeat after me class...
webOS is dead
webOS is dead
webOS is dead
Repeat after me class...
webOS is dead
webOS is dead
webOS is dead
AndroidRules said:...
So this must be why HP handed out pay cuts this year. To buy a dying and no longer relevant company 🙄 Android has the opportunity to be the best. Apple knows it, Microsoft knows it, the fanboys defending the
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The most important part of the smartphone market right now is applications and the OS it runs on. Palm has the following things:
1) A great OS
2) A great SDK
By those metrics:
Palm: 2
Android: 0
Or here's another way to put it: HP is li...
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1) A great OS
2) A great SDK
By those metrics:
Palm: 2
Android: 0
Or here's another way to put it: HP is li...
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Wow, just wow.... I mean i've read some silly things but wow... I can't stop giggling, your post just tickled me... Ok, the "truth" as you call it. HP is a multi,multi billion dollar electronics company. Their purchase of palm, makes it, by definiti...
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Just keep telling yourself that...but the largest Tech company in the world disagrees with you and spent 1.2 BILLION to avoid Android. That right! They are willing to pay 1.2 Billion to have full control instead of taking Android (which is free) not...
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that' the stupidest HP moves!
the reason why palm, err their stock price, going to the toilet in the first place is cus palm really sucks!
look at apple, do you see their stock price going to toilet. what a waste of HP money going to toilet!
look at apple, do you see their stock price going to toilet. what a waste of HP money going to toilet!
biased fanboy much??...Palm is one of the most innovative companies around and webOS is amazing. Granted they let themselves get stagnate for a few years refusing to update the old palm OS, but they are great company that's been around for ~20 yrs now...
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you say this is a bad move because their stock is not what apple's stock is or was? thats really just a none educated statement.
If their stock was where Apple's were then they wouldn't be selling themselves to begin with.
Palm actually had the...
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If their stock was where Apple's were then they wouldn't be selling themselves to begin with.
Palm actually had the...
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netboy said:...
the reason why palm, err their stock price, going to the toilet in the first place is cus palm really sucks!
look at apple, do you see their stock price going to toilet. what a waste of HP money going to toilet!
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Because, by most standards, they have a good OS.
Like or dislike the style of phones they have, almost all accounts give the OS good reviews.
Also, think of all the patents that Palm holds. All the intellectual properties.
HP might be doing t...
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Like or dislike the style of phones they have, almost all accounts give the OS good reviews.
Also, think of all the patents that Palm holds. All the intellectual properties.
HP might be doing t...
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And the point is, the iPhone is the only thing worth investing in? I have no intention of buying a WebOS phone. I find this good news for various reasons. It gives HP a good phone stable, its good for the consumer to have more options. And finally ...
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netboy said:...
the reason why palm, err their stock price, going to the toilet in the first place is cus palm really sucks!
look at apple, do you see their stock price going to toilet. what a waste of HP money going to toilet!
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Now that would be sweet 😁
I also hope to see Washer, Dryer and Fridge running WebOS.
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Speaking of a WebOS tablet, Engadget seems to think one is in the planning, because of HP's use of the word scaling:
http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/hp-were-doubling- ... »
http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/hp-were-doubling- ... »
Hey, as another plus, WebOS users would have Apple's blessing as far as iTunes synching goes. 🤣
Tree 50 said:
They are in need of a sleek/new/innovative/relevant OS. 🙂
They already do. It's called iPhoneOS 4.0 🙂
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Not a surprise.
HP has been wanting to return to bolstering their presence in the wireless industry. Around December, I made mention of HP making news this year. HP has been watching the market very carefully. This is a great move in re-establishing that consumer interest.
Agreed. Especially after the moves by Dell with some seriously sweet new phones this would seem to position HP for a battle royal in the computer/phone market; I like this a lot!!!!
HP is a good COMPUTER company...
HP is good computer creator... but phones?
HP iPAQ Glisten is a phone offered by AT&T. I like the phone but not the OS (Win Mo 6.5) if there were a fusion with WEB OS and Win Mo 6.5 i would defenitly try it out so it´s up to HP to decide the future of HP Palm phones 🙂
HP iPAQ Glisten is a phone offered by AT&T. I like the phone but not the OS (Win Mo 6.5) if there were a fusion with WEB OS and Win Mo 6.5 i would defenitly try it out so it´s up to HP to decide the future of HP Palm phones 🙂
0.o Holy crap! Where did that come from????
No seriously, I did NOT see that coming!!!
Anyway, lets see how they do!
Anyway, lets see how they do!
now they can sell bundled pc/phone packages at best buy 😛
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Why is this bad exactly? The only PCs i've had that lasted more than a couple years were all HPs (except for one's i built myself). Those things lasted forever. Not to mention WebOS is the most solid phone OS i've ever used (yes, i've tried em all) so...
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BRILLIANT move by HP, but will they screw it up?
They didn't do well with their VooDoo purchase. However, HP is going in head first.
