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Apple to Buy out Palm?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i-can't-imagine-why dept.

JFlex writes "According to a story over at Personal Computer World 'Speculation that Apple plans to buy handheld maker Palm has been revived by a call from two leading Palm investors for the company to be put up for sale, according to the local paper of both companies.'"

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  1. In other news... by daveschroeder · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...the Infinium Phantom will be released next month!

    (Seriously...this "Apple to buy Palm" rumor has been going on forever...)

  2. Newton-Palm Hybrid by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    If Apple could make a Newton / Palm hybrid, it'd be the ultimate PDA.

  3. If this happens by sg3000 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Too bad the article isn't working for me.

    Considering the previous technology leading position of the Newton MessagePad back in the late 1990s, and the fact that Steve Jobs killed it (calling it a "damn scribble pad"), coupled with changing demographics due dramatic shifts in the paradigm of handheld computing, if this actually happens I believe I speak for all former Newton owners, when I say WTF??

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    1. Re:If this happens by Yahweh+Doesn't+Exist · · Score: 2, Funny

      >now have the video iPod

      no, we have an iPod with video. there's a difference.

  4. Yeah, right. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    What's next, duke nukem forever?

  5. Re:The iPalm? by RingDev · · Score: 5, Funny

    I don't know... If people start downloading pron from iTunes straight to the iPalm things could get iHairy.

    -Rick

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  6. Favorite Newton Joke by MrFlibbs · · Score: 3, Funny

    This is perhaps the most elegant summary of the Newton's limitations I ever read:

    Q: What's 2 + 2?
    A: Farm

    1. Re:Favorite Newton Joke by hcdejong · · Score: 2, Funny

      Q: How many Newton users does it take to change a lightbulb?

      A: Foux! There to eat lemons, axe gravy soup.

  7. Re:so what will happen to the treo by Anonymous+Monkey · · Score: 2, Funny

    I think the click wheal would be cool on a phone. Just think, a "rotary" cell phone!

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  8. Re:The iPalm? by brasten · · Score: 4, Funny

    I've always thought they'd name their next PDA the "iSaac"

  9. BUT... by frankcow · · Score: 2, Funny

    will it run windows mobile???

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  10. Re:Something, Anything by hunterx11 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Apple is dying again, huh? Clearly it was a mistake to switch to an operating system based on BSD :)

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  11. Re:I don't see much value by GigsVT · · Score: 2, Funny

    Maybe they want BeOS? :)

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  12. The PalmPod by Lockelator · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's a rumor, but wouldn't it be great to have a palmpod? http://www.pdafrance.com/img/pdanews2004/ipod1.jpg

  13. This will happen.. by saboola · · Score: 2, Funny

    After Cisco is done buying out Nintendo AND TiVo. The only problem we will have after this is those pesky flying pigs, and getting the heat turned back on in hell.

  14. Newton + Apple + Palm = NAPalm by Ranger · · Score: 4, Funny

    Cool, they can combine the Newton with the Palm and use Apple's exploding battery technology. Introducing NAPalm. Burn different!

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    1. Re:Newton + Apple + Palm = NAPalm by Indiana+Joe · · Score: 2, Funny

      Apple could recycle their old slogan. "Rip. Mix. Burn."

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  15. Scratched surfaces by pschmied · · Score: 4, Funny
    This leads me to suspect that if you scratch the surface...

    Was this a subtle dig at the iPod Nano's screen? Do I really want to run a stylus across a screen made by Apple? *ducks*

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