I'm hoping that now Palm with WebOS doesn't die. If something happens bad then I would goto android.
Vishal Sheth On Mar 3, 2010, at 11:20 PM, Jim Griffin wrote: > Wow...bummer...kinda' gloomy for Palm and WebOS... I know personally I'd feel > like I'd be taking steps backward if I only had a choice between iPhone and > Android OS devices. > > Ugh... :-( > > Jim > (Via Palm Pre) > On Mar 3, 2010 10:35 AM, Craig Froehle <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > No, that's unrealistic. The market has more platforms than it can > > sustain right now, and nobody is going to buy Palm for webOS. Rather, > > they'd buy Palm for their patent portfolio and, maybe, _parts_ of > > webOS that work much better than their current code. > > Nokia is behind Symbian like Google is Android, so they're not "without" an > OS. > > Palm is the smallest player in this space by a factor of 10 or more > > (market cap'n) and will probably be the first to go. Given the value > > of their IP holdings, they'll be bought rather than go belly up. But > > either way, yes, I'm confident that would be the end of webOS. > > On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 10:05 AM, Jim Griffin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Maybe not... I would think that it would depend on who took them over. > If Apple or Google...perhaps yes...but Nokia or some other big players > without an OS, who see the superiority and potential of WebOS...may just want > to spend the $ to fund and further develop it. > > > > > > Also, to some companies, it might be cheaper to buy Palm and WebOS and > their patents rather than spend more $ developing their own new OS. > > > > > > Jim > > > (Via Palm Pre) > > > On Mar 3, 2010 9:20 AM, Ldouglas &lt;[email protected]&gt; > wrote: > > > > > > > > > &nbsp; > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > A Palm takeover would mean the end of WebOS > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > From: RickS &lt;[email protected]&gt; > > > > > > Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 7:44 AM > > > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > > > Subject: [Treo] Re: Agonizing decision > > > > > > > > > > > > I saw this article in the NY Times yesterday. I wonder if Palm's > patents makes Palm a more important takeover target for both Apple and > Google, in view of the litigation. > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/03/technology/03patent.html?th&amp;emc=th > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/treo/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/treo/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
