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Apple, RIM, Google All Bid On Palm

Posted by timothy on from the face-palm-apple dept.

imamac writes "It seems HP was only one of many bidders for the struggling Palm. The others included Apple, RIM and even Google. You may now commence speculation on why the various companies wanted Palm."

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  1. BeOS by maliqua · · Score: 3, Funny

    They all just wanted to release a new BeOS!!! seriously what else would you want with palm ?

  2. Isn't it obvious? by msauve · · Score: 4, Funny

    Apple wanted Palm's handwriting recognition technology, so they could reintroduce the Newton.

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  3. Clear for apple by postmortem · · Score: 5, Funny

    They want their antenna design.

  4. Re:It seems to me by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Right what's why they went out of business.