HP bought Palm...

[Pliablemoose]

http://www.businesswire.com/portal/...d=news_view&newsId=20100428006950&newsLang=en

 

[Anubis]

your link isnt working

 

[A5]

your link isnt working

http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/hp-buys-palm/

So much for the iPAQ

 

[Pliablemoose]

No link yet...

Just broke.

 

[Lumathix]

So in other words......... Palm will still suck.

 

[Phobic9]

WebOS tablet. Make it, HP.

 

[Pliablemoose]

So in other words......... Palm will still suck.

LOL, I know...

It does give them an in to the mobile market, do they even still make PPC's with phones?

Edit, yep... Crap, I haven't seen one of them in forever... http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/sh...ABA&catLevel=2

http://www.wireless.att.com/cell-ph...ails/?device=HP+iPAQ+Glisten&q_sku=sku4220497

 

[Deeko]

Wow! That's one I didn't expect.

 

[punjabiplaya]

HPalm. done.

 

[bigrash]

wow. interesting.

 

[Lumathix]

LOL, I know...

It does give them an in to the mobile market, do they even still make PPC's with phones?

Edit, yep... Crap, I haven't seen one of them in forever... http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/sh...ABA&catLevel=2

http://www.wireless.att.com/cell-pho...sku=sku4220497

That is true. I guess my comment (while in jest) was a bit hasty, as I have never owned a Palm device, phone or otherwise.

It will be interesting to see what they can come up with.

 

[ChAoTiCpInOy]

The question is: Did HP buy Palm for the products(Web OS) or the patents?

 

[tatteredpotato]

So much for the dreams of HTC buying Palm

 

[rudeguy]

Wow! That's one I didn't expect.

ayep

But why is the question.....

EDIT: now I see....
http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/s...catLevel=1&storeName=storefronts&lanAttr=Type

 

[Deeko]

LOL, I know...

It does give them an in to the mobile market, do they even still make PPC's with phones?

Edit, yep... Crap, I haven't seen one of them in forever... http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/sh...ABA&catLevel=2

http://www.wireless.att.com/cell-pho...sku=sku4220497

I remember reading about that on Engadget. I'm pretty sure they trashed it, like they do most WinMo 6.x devices, but I thought it looked pretty nice. I like that form factor (portrait keyboard + touch), and ironically, the biggest proponent of that form factor was Palm.

 

[Pliablemoose]

I'd be willing to bet they bought it for Web OS and the patents.

HP will be able to produce a tablet with an OS no one else has, and have a product that's a bit different than anyone else's.

From a retailer/manufacturer's POV, Android is a PITA, how do you make your product different if everyone has the same OS, Windows commoditized PC's, and Android threatens to do the same thing with mobile devices.

Don't get me wrong, I love my Swiss army knife that is Windows, and from my POV, commoditizing PC's is a good thing, as it makes stuff inexpensive for me to buy....

 

[DivideBYZero]

Boom! out of leftfield BUT I did say someone LIKE Dell/Lenovo would buy them. Not far wrong.

 

[Trader05]

A HP slate device with WebOS would be pretty sick. Im glad it wasn't lenovo or dell too. Hopefully the next Pre isn't going to be silver and blue.

 

[Slick5150]

This is a best case scenario for Palm I'd say. HP hasn't been able to get any inroads into the mobile market really, and this gives them WebOS, a boatload of mobile patents, and the ability to go right after Apple/HTC/etc..

I'd best we'll see the elusive Palm C40 phone revealed soon, and definitely raises the possibility of of a tablet running WebOS emerging in the not too distant future

Edit: CNBC just said that an HP official said WebOS will definitely be running on future Handheld AND Tablet devices. Woo!

 

[SAWYER]

Yeah webOS lives!

 

[Slick5150]

Engadget now has a quick interview w/ HP's VP.

http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/hp-were-doubling-down-on-webos-palm-that-was-the-whole-po/

The money quote is that HP plans to be "doubling down on webOS," and that was confirmed in speaking with Palm's honcho, who says that "that was the whole point."

 

[BigSmooth]

From a retailer/manufacturer's POV, Android is a PITA, how do you make your product different if everyone has the same OS

Something like Sense UI? Heck, it's even possible HP could adapt WebOS as a custom UI for Android.

 

[EarthwormJim]

Hello WebOS slate!!

Finally the OS with the best implementation of multi-tasking will be put onto devices that deserve it.

 

[rudeguy]

Hello WebOS slate!!

Finally the OS with the best implementation of multi-tasking will be put onto devices that deserve it.

if it can be used as a universal remote...I'll give it a shot.

 

[DivideBYZero]

Something like Sense UI? Heck, it's even possible HP could adapt WebOS as a custom UI for Android.

What an epic waste of time that would be.