Comments on: Could Google Buy Palm?

By: eco

eco — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 06:58:13 +0000

i’m supporting for Google..

By: Barney

Barney — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 15:09:11 +0000

What makes people think that Apple wouldn’t be interested in buying Palm themselves. Would certainly give them leverage against everyone else.

By: alex

alex — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 22:48:08 +0000

yo google peoples you need 2 buy palm it is the smart thing to do

By: MattP

MattP — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 21:26:21 +0000

I could see a company lke HP buying Palm before Google truthfully. Turn WebOS into a UI like Sense for HTC.

Then take the patents and smack both HTC and Apple

By: monchiron

monchiron — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 16:30:55 +0000

If Google owns a smart phone hardware company, that would really make Google a competitor with its partner.

But i like the idea of selling off the hardware portion.

Or may be Google and HTC should team up on the acquisition?

By: Faihan

Faihan — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 21:35:28 +0000

What sounds like a continental shift could actually lead to a gigantic clash here. These huge enterprises are more like vampires. The more they get, the more they want. The more sharp business guys look at the future, the more they realize that the future is not big enough for all of them. I do not know why they keep neglecting that this planet still have 6 billion people on it and is still growing. If this trend continues, then we all will end up with one global hotel, one global restaurant, one global phone,…..etc. But, anyway, as long as we move at this speed and get what we want, we do not care who takes who.

By: Noah Williams

Noah Williams — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 20:37:41 +0000

Why doesn’t Google just tell Apple that they have the power not apple. As soon as Apple computers, internet and the IPhone can use Google people will quit using Apple promise.

If Google buys Palm then Google phones can finally use Outlook to sync with each other. And not have to buy or find some retarded App or program!! thats what I am waiting on.

By: The Trendaholic

The Trendaholic — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 01:22:28 +0000

@Jose I like your thinking, it’s simple sell the hardware to avoid more overhead and keep Palm’s software side to dominate mobile OS as it is today.

By: cloudyview

cloudyview — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:28:49 +0000

>Would apple buy Palm just so google or htc couldn’t use their patents to counter sue?

Apple is too big in the mobile market, I don’t think the FTC or the EU would allow that one to go through.

As much as I’d love to see a succesful Palm, I want to see android succeed more, and I think Google would be stupid to not even try to purchase Palm for how small their market cap now is. It would give them such an advantage for patents, developers, software, hardware….just everything. It gives them a miniature model to build up into a beast of an operating system. Not to mention all the niceties and slickness of WebOS that could be integrated into Android.

By: tomeaine

tomeaine — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:27:37 +0000

if palm is so hurting for cashflow, why not sue apple?

By: gwlaw99

gwlaw99 — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:58:50 +0000

Would apple buy Palm just so google or htc couldn’t use their patents to counter sue?

By: Jose

Jose — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:44:52 +0000

Palm is dead already. However, Google does need to bolster it’s patents against an Apple attack. Since there are plenty of American & international handset makers around, & Palm’s market-share is really small & so is Google’s, I can see this getting approved even in the E.U. HTC does Google’s phones so they don’t currently make their own handsets. However, if they sold off the hardware part of Palm to another company, I could see it going through rather smoothly.

Google then would say, we have these patents from Palm that have gestures, touch, multi-touch, etc. Apple’s 20 claims are invalid via prior patents & prior art. Maybe Palm’s patents could then be used to convict Apple of violating Palm’s, Nokia’s, & HTC’s patents. Then force Apple to deal directly with Google, a major cross-licensing deal. I’m hoping this is the endgame for this anti-competitive move by Apple.

By: tomeaine

tomeaine — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:42:47 +0000

Has Google purchased any device manufacturers before?
looking up the acquisituions wiki, looks like they never have.
so to go out and purchase them for the sake of a few patents, doesnt make sense..but then again..google is google.

By: deee

deee — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:20:02 +0000

What about OHA buying Palm ?

By: sw1storm

sw1storm — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:28:48 +0000

If Google Buys Palm….GET OVER HERE! FATALITY. G A M E O V E R !