Palm doesn't have to get bought for me to get my wish...a strategic alliance involving exchange of design and IP would accomplish the same thing. But a purchase would be simpler.
Either way, I'm just really happy this isn't 2007 and my only other options, should Palm die, are iPhone (yuck) and Blackberry (double-yuck). On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 1:04 AM, Don Ferguson <[email protected]> wrote: > And Craig might get his wish . . . > > > > Cheers, > > Don > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > ldouglas > Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2010 10:54 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Treo] Palm up for sale? > > > > > > They mention HTC as one of the possibles, then link to an editorial > (From Friday!) that says HTC is the best option were Palm to give up > the ghost. > > http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/editorial-htc-and-palm-should-get-hitched > -and-make-beautiful-ba/ > > Must say, I loved this line: "Though they aren't currently working > together in any capacity (as far as we know), HTC has made Palm's > hardware in the past -- a lot of it -- most recently partnering on the > Treo Pro. Remember, this was back in the days when Palm devices > weren't flimsy pieces of garbage. " > > ha! Treo Pro FTW > > but of course the money quote and reason why HTC should buy Palm: "All > this other stuff is nice -- yes, HTC and Palm would make a ravishing > couple, and we'd sure the marriage of HTC's hardware with Palm's > software would blow up the universe in an explosion of awesome -- but > whatever, HTC would do just as well do buy Palm, fire everyone, and > throw webOS out with the trash, because it would still be getting > Palm's enormous patent portfolio. You know, the patent portfolio that > seems to have kept Apple at bay for over a year now? Yeah, that one. > We still think Google will eventually become involved in the HTC / > Apple lawsuit -- we're sure of it, in fact -- but there's no reason > for HTC to be caught in the middle of some lame bloodless proxy fight > between Steve and Eric when it can just go out and arm itself up > independently. Yeah, we all want an HTC-built HD2 running Palm OS on > LTE, and we're sure Palm and HTC can make it happen, but we'd bet HTC > would be just as happy with a fun new product called 'We dare you to > sue us.'" > > if Palm gets bought by anyone else, WebOS is likely done for. With HTC > it stands a fighting chance. > > On 4/12/10, Alli <[email protected] <mailto:alli%40allibama.net> > wrote: >> http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/11/bloomberg-palm-is-up-for-sale/ >> > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >
