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2010-04-27 , 20:34
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Originally Posted by ysss View Post
I've seen plenty of apple fanboys (rabid), nokia fanboys (rabid), android fanboys (they seem to be somewhat milder) but not much of palm fanboys if at all. Do they not stray off from their herd or their numbers are really very small to matter?

It seems that not many people care about palm and will miss them if they just disappear.

disclaimer: I used to be a palm fanboy.

I was a palm pda guy (palm III, visor plus, sony n73, zodiac) before being heavy treo user (600-650-680)... then they turned me off when they took up (sold out to?) windows mobile and their treo development was left stagnant with rehashes after rehashes.

By that time other platforms were springing out (iphone) or coming onto their own (bb, as something more than enterprise devices) and I've moved on and never cared about Palm anymore.
It is pretty close to my own Palm saga.
 

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2010-04-28 , 20:14
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#52
HP are purchasing Palm for $1.2 billion, i did not see this coming
http://www.businesswire.com/portal/s...50&newsLang=en
 

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2010-04-28 , 20:15
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http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/hp-buys-palm/

HP certainly has the resources to push WebOS, but how long will it take? Even Nokia is running short on time.
 

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2010-04-28 , 20:19
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HP? Wow... if I had a million guesses, I still wouldnt have guessed that one.
 
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2010-04-28 , 20:22
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Originally Posted by NvyUs View Post
HP are purchasing Palm for $1.2 billion, i did not see this coming
http://www.businesswire.com/portal/s...50&newsLang=en
Not the best possible synergy, but at least HP should have deep enough pockets to fund Web OS development. I guess HP has decided to make serious effort in mobile space. HP got very nice price as well. Only 500 million above market cap.
 
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2010-04-28 , 20:23
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Well, they had a line of mildly unsuccessful phones and somewhat successful WM PDAs.
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2010-04-28 , 20:24
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hmm, webos powered ipaq? sign me up
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2010-04-28 , 20:25
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It'd be interesting if they can put WebOS out into slate form factors.

*Maker* knows how badly their slates need proper OS on them...
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2010-04-28 , 20:27
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You beat me to it.

HP buying Palm... right when Dell has upped their mobile handset presence. To see WebOS continue... that makes me happy actually. I just hope a form factor comes out that I'd actually buy.

It's an odd match, but one I hope works out. And yeah... ysss. Didn't think about WebOS on their slates... now that, I'd kill for.
 
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2010-04-28 , 20:28
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At least they got the motivation... they seem desperate enough (in that sector)

But they lack focus in designing their products. They just assemble commodity parts and slap on loads of off-the-shelf OS and apps on top of them without coherence.

I hope they put the right person in charge of this.
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