【转帖】HP buys Palm for $1.2B US

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Technology giant Hewlett-Packard Co. has purchased ailing smartphone maker Palm Inc. for $1.2 billion US, HP announced Wednesday.

HP said it will pay $5.70 a share in cash for Palm, a U.S. smartphone maker that ran into commercial problems against iPhone and other next-generation communication devices.

"The combination … will enhance HP’s ability to participate more aggressively in the fast-growing, highly profitable smartphone and connected mobile device markets," the company said in a news release.

California-based Palm has been losing money for months and faced a cash crunch as the company's well-considered Pre device failed to catch on with consumers, experts said.

In its latest quarter, Palm lost $117.9 million, and $226.5 million for the nine-month period.
Three-month stock chart for Palm Inc.Three-month stock chart for Palm Inc.

HP sought Palm to get a larger share of the new mobile market and, with Palm's share price hovering around $4, a takeover appeared to be a cheaper route into this sector, analysts said.

Last September, Palm's stock peaked at $18.09, then steadily declined as the company's fortunes waned over the next seven months.

Palm launched its Pre smartphone in January 2009 amidst expectations the new device would provide the first real competition to Apple's iPhone.

Instead, a bizarre ad campaign, an ill-conceived exclusive marketing deal with low-volume carrier Sprint and few applications for users led to disappointing sales.

Palm's chief executive officer Jon Rubenstein has already said Pre sales this year will be "well below" forecasts.

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王二

好消息，webos可以有空间发挥了。palm在中国一下有销售网络了。

3215960

还是便宜卖了呀

dexlee2009

今天看Reuters新闻说到了这个，好大的一笔交易，对于HP在华销售笔记本事件，今后估计也不会去买HP的lap top了 手机也是心理有阴影！

joyonchina

我倒是希望dell或者联想能舍得花钱买下来~

song_1118 - T50-3

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Posted by joyonchina on 2010-4-29 14:16
我倒是希望dell或者联想能舍得花钱买下来~

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     我倒希望黑莓把它买下............

virginfree

Palm有希望了

680真是越用越舍不得换了，找不到这么爽快的系统了，可能我守旧了

virginfree

晕，短短两行竟然用了四个“了”

joyonchina

QUOTE:

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     我倒希望黑莓把它买下............    

版主，风格不同啊，谁知道RIM怎么想的~

我发原创啦，哪位大大给加个分啊？我可是发自肺腑的啊，不报火车票，给个积分啥的啊，我一直梦寐以求能在51nb有0.5个积分，以后等我儿子长大了，我还可以给他看51nb我的资料，

“看，你老爸我当年在51nb也有0.5个积分啊！”