--- Apple Tried To Buy Palm Before HP Won The Bidding War, And RIM Completely Blew The Deal ---- http://gizmodo.com/5588175/apple-tried-to-buy-palm-before-hp-won-the-bidding-war-and-rim-completely-blew-the-deal?utm_source=feedburner
or http://is.gd/dtlZI --- "The race to buy Palm earlier this year was fast and hot, with the company`s bankers contacting 16 companies about the deal, including five serious potential suitors. HP won the bake-off, acquiring Palm for $1.2 billion in late April. But other companies involved in the talks included Silicon Valley`s increasingly competitive rivals, Apple and Google, as well as BlackBerry maker Research In Motion, we have learned from a source familiar with the negotiations." ---
