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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. It seems to me by breakzoidbeg · · Score: 5, Insightful

    That Palms Patent portfolio would have been the target. Palm has been around for years, and they have a deep patent well to draw from.

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

    They want their antenna design.

  3. Be Inc included by Henriok · · Score: 5, Informative

    It would have been an epic irony if Apple had bought Palm and gotten the remnants of Be Inc with it. I love the tech industry! I made a graph over the turbulent history of Palm, sorting out the finer details in the timeline. For those of you that haven't payed attention the last 20 years. http://alltommac.se/files/2010/04/palm-history-graph.png

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