HP To Buy Palm For $1.2 Billion 271
necro81 writes "Palm, Inc., which has struggled in recent months after making a splash with its Pre smartphone, will be bought by HP, the world's largest computer maker. The deal has been approved by both companies' boards, and should be wrapped up this summer. HP will get Palm for about $5.70/share (about 20% above today's closing price), or about $1.2 billion. That's a pretty good deal, considering that in the months following the launch of the Pre on Sprint's network, Palm's share price topped $16. But marketing blunders hindered the Pre's more widespread adoption on other carriers, and the company's very existence has recently seemed in doubt."
WebOS on Itanium? (Score:5, Funny)
Finally a decent OS to run on the SuperDomes!
HP Reverse Telephone Notation (Score:5, Funny)
1234 555 212 1+ DIAL
I know it's supposed to be more logical, but it just seems so confusing...
Re:Overvalued (Score:4, Funny)
You got it wrong, his (right) palm is a nerd's best friend!
Marketing blunders... (Score:4, Funny)
By "marketing blunders", do they mean Palm's "The Most Pale Woman in the World" campaign? Because I've gotta say, she really didn't sell me on a Palm, or anything else.
She looked more like an extra from the Lord of the Rings (generic elf maiden #38) than a spokesmodel for a technical product.
Re:HP still around? (Score:5, Funny)
In other news... (Score:2, Funny)
More ink (Score:1, Funny)
Wonder how they will sell more ink to Palm customers?
Re:Massive overpayment (Score:5, Funny)
But who would want to, when they are covered with hair?
Re:HP Reverse Telephone Notation (Score:5, Funny)
I'm holding out for mobileVMS!
Re:Does that include... (Score:5, Funny)
She might be a bit creepy, but I certainly wouldn't refuse her Palm.
So one more rollback of carly's program... (Score:1, Funny)
I guess the next version of the pre will be called the jornada palm :-)
HP's new mobile social networking site: (Score:5, Funny)
Facepalm
HP's New Girlfriend (Score:2, Funny)
Now that Carly Fiorina isn't around to fuck HP any longer, it's now girlfriend is it's Palm.
New name (Score:4, Funny)
Perhaps their new name should be HPalm3Compaq.
Re:Marketing blunders... (Score:3, Funny)
She looked more like an extra from the Lord of the Rings (generic elf maiden #38) than a spokesmodel for a technical product.
I thought I recognized her.
Re:Doomed (Score:5, Funny)
On the plus side, it means they'll sell the new Palm phones for practically nothing!
However, replacement batteries will cost $100. Also, they can't be recharged and the one that comes with the phone will only last you about 10 minutes.
Re:My take? Fraud.... (Score:3, Funny)
You want an apartment in a hot miserable place?
Re:Overvalued (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Doomed (Score:2, Funny)
That is a problem everywhere, I feel the same about girls born 1979, Amiga, Ericsson, ..
Re:Doomed (Score:2, Funny)
.. right, they also make printer accessories.
Because HP is so good at selling handhelds... (Score:5, Funny)
Does my memory fail me, or is HP the company that couldn't even do a decent job of selling iPods, the handheld-electronics equivalent of crack-covered pancakes?
Re:Confusing (Score:3, Funny)
Fuck off, they didn't start anything.
You might want to ask your doc to up your meds ...
Re:Doomed (Score:2, Funny)
Market Segmentation Fault ... Return Without Gosub
Re:HP Reverse Telephone Notation (Score:3, Funny)
My alphaserver 3000 is mobile. I have a one tonne Toyota van.