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What does HP’s purchase of Palm mean?

April 29th, 2010 by steve

This week, HP bought Palm.

What does that mean?

  • It means HP wants to be a contender in the smartphone market.
  • It means HP doesn’t want to be a slave to Microsoft.
  • It means HP isn’t smitten by Windows Mobile 7.
  • It means HP doesn’t think that the iPhone and Android phones have that market sewn up.

It means options for the consumer.

~Steve

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5 Responses to “What does HP’s purchase of Palm mean?”

  1. alacy Says:
    April 29th, 2010 at 9:44 am

    It also means HP likes to gamble.
    Maybe it will work out better for Palm than it did for DEC when Compaq bought them.

  2. steve Says:
    April 29th, 2010 at 9:48 am

    How did it work for Compaq when HP bought them? Or am I not remembering that correctly?

  3. Wendy Says:
    April 29th, 2010 at 1:12 pm

    Competition, yes…but when was the last time you heard anyone even talking about Palm? I didn’t think they were in existence anymore.

    And I’d never recommend HP to anyone…personally.

  4. steve Says:
    April 29th, 2010 at 1:20 pm

    The Palm Pre is a pretty hot phone.

    http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/06/07/eveningnews/eyeontech/main5069596.shtml

    It multi-tasks right out of the box.

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