http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/May 16th 2010 4:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/
or Microsoft]]>May 16th 2010 4:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/May 16th 2010 4:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/May 16th 2010 4:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/iPre? No.
This is excellent news.]]>May 16th 2010 4:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/May 16th 2010 4:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/May 16th 2010 4:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/May 16th 2010 4:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/
or Google.

Actually, I hope Google poach Palm's design team. They could really do with them on Android, and I don't have high hopes for the WebOS platform becoming mainstream under HP.]]>May 16th 2010 4:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/May 16th 2010 4:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/May 16th 2010 5:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/It was probably, Nokia, HTC, Motorola and someone else? not sure who though]]>May 16th 2010 5:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/May 16th 2010 5:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/
It was Waveface.

(FacePalm)]]>May 16th 2010 5:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/
Company C is possibly HTC. They didn't need anything but the patents and the nonexclusive right to WebOS, in order for them to produce phones on another platform AND keep their business going against Apple's lawsuit threat.]]>May 16th 2010 5:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/
IS ENGADGET GONNA STOP USING THE OLD HP LOGO FOR THIS CRAPPY PHOTOSHOP JOB? ITS STUPID...]]>May 16th 2010 6:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/-hp]]>May 16th 2010 6:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/Apple Bintel miCrosoft Doogle... Only companies who would want palmOS DEAD and would just like the patents and also got cash to burn.
Other possible companies out of 16 would be:
Nokia samsung lenovo acer Dell htc lg sony blackberry errr meizu??? Who knows ]]>May 16th 2010 6:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/
Well, except for the unknown "others", it is a safe bet to say HTC, Lenovo, Dell, HP, and that other Chinese company that starts with H was involved...I wouldn't bet too much on Microsoft, Apple, or Google...The gene pool, the culture of those three giants are far too different from Palm's...Although any of those three could have been the companies looking to acquire Palm for its patents...]]>May 16th 2010 6:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/
Apple was Company D... Decided that it wasn't worth it to buy the patents early on...]]>May 16th 2010 6:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/
you're pretty dumb, you realize that right? they have enough patents, why would they need more. they claim to have over 100 for the iphone]]>May 16th 2010 6:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/May 16th 2010 6:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/May 16th 2010 7:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/
You buy the company, you can integrate their PR group and their patents to your own.]]>May 16th 2010 7:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/May 16th 2010 7:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/
overpriced when u already have patents.]]>May 16th 2010 7:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/
WHY is engadget using the old HP logo? its the dumbest thing ive ever seen]]>May 16th 2010 7:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/
?!?!?!?!? LMAO]]>May 16th 2010 8:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/May 16th 2010 8:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/May 16th 2010 9:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/http://j.mp/hp-palm-duality]]>May 16th 2010 11:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/
Learn to spell because I don't know anyone with an azz! How stupid would you sound saying "that girls got a nice azz!"]]>May 17th 2010 4:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/May 17th 2010 6:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/"show us all these so called super patents they own"

A 3 second search on Engadget reveals an article they wrote about this exact topic, concluding that Palm's patents would indeed crush the iPhone, whereas Apple's patents would only take away some minor cosmetic niceties from WebOS.

http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/28/apple-vs-palm-the-in-depth-analysis/

So since you clearly know nothing about the issue, stfu.]]>May 17th 2010 11:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/May 17th 2010 2:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/
In Apple's case there could be some good ideas that they would like to implement... Mind you they might just do that anyways without even bothering to hold the patents. Maybe it was a ill thought through comment. When you belittle others does it make you feel a little better about yourself?]]>May 17th 2010 4:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/]]>May 16th 2010 4:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/i do]]>May 16th 2010 5:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/I agree, I think the cross between the HP logo and Palm's is cool.]]>May 16th 2010 9:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/
thats the old hp logo]]>May 17th 2010 12:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/May 17th 2010 1:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/May 17th 2010 2:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/May 17th 2010 10:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/May 16th 2010 4:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/May 16th 2010 5:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/May 16th 2010 7:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/
If Company C was willing to pay $6-7, I guess that would be well over 1.5bn, it must have been a really big company. Dell or Lenovo would be my picks. ]]>May 16th 2010 4:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/I'm goin with Dell as well.]]>May 16th 2010 4:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/
Didn't you hear?
They merged into Delnovo]]>May 16th 2010 8:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/16/hp-bought-palm-after-a-five-company-bidding-war/May 16th 2010 8:48PM