HP buying Palm

littlened · 29th April 2010, 07:36 AM

Everyones buying everyone at the minute, and for only £657m.

They'll probably buy Palm, and make a load of redundancies.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8650504.stm

ghost of shinton · 29th April 2010, 08:49 AM

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Originally Posted by littlened

Everyones buying everyone at the minute, and for only £657m.

They'll probably buy Palm, and make a load of redundancies.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8650504.stm

$1.2bn according to the regsiter

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/04/28/hp_on_palm_buy/

seems they are after webOS to build a ipad / iphone rival..... instead of using windows mobile

any takeover those from the middle upwards are most at risk

Boris Bear · 29th April 2010, 08:51 AM

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Originally Posted by ghost of shinton

$1.2bn according to the regsiter

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/04/28/hp_on_palm_buy/

seems they are after webOS to build a ipad / iphone rival..... instead of using windows mobile

any takeover those from the middle upwards are most at risk

They're using Windows 7 for the HP Slate.

Its a matter of time before Apple buys everyone

Hetzkes Ballet Teacher · 29th April 2010, 09:59 AM

Interesting move, don't think anyone saw that coming. Hope it means WebOS has a big future now.

PhilSAFC · 29th April 2010, 10:00 AM

dunno why people rave on about palms. fucking awful things imo, feel cheap and nasty and are very annoying to use.

ghost of shinton · 29th April 2010, 10:05 AM

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Originally Posted by PhilSAFC

dunno why people rave on about palms. fucking awful things imo, feel cheap and nasty and are very annoying to use.

HP obviously wanted webOS not the hardware so i guess palms will die and HP produce a new range of phones/pads

give it another 10 years and there will be 4 big players left

PhilSAFC · 29th April 2010, 10:06 AM

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Originally Posted by ghost of shinton

HP obviously wanted webOS not the hardware so i guess palms will die and HP produce a new range of phones/pads

give it another 10 years and there will be 4 big players left

i meant the OS is annoying to use as well. why would they want that shite

PTR · 29th April 2010, 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by PhilSAFC

dunno why people rave on about palms. fucking awful things imo, feel cheap and nasty and are very annoying to use.

My dad loves his.

Handed his Blackberry back to work and bought his own Palm instead.

Yet again, HP have spare cash for massive buyouts, but non for their own staff "during these difficult times" of only making $10+bn profit in the last 12 months.

Lebz · 29th April 2010, 08:34 PM

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Originally Posted by PhilSAFC

i meant the OS is annoying to use as well. why would they want that shite

Is it WebOS you find annoying or the old Palm OS, because I think WebOS with the right support could be the best one out there. I really liked it when I had a go on the Pre but was put off by the lack of support it was getting and poor build quality issues with the Pre.
If it can get some money behind it and attract some more developers I would definitely get a WebOS phone and most probably tablet. It has much better features and is alot more intuitive than IPhone os.