today.reuters.com— Nokia and up to three other potential bidders are interested in buying Palm Inc., which could be sold for some $2 billion as early as this week.
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Apple would never buy Palm. For one thing, Palm products look like horse-drawn buggies next to the Bugatti Veyron that is the iPhone. My fanboyism aside :-) , Palm was founded by ex-Newton people from Apple. Newton was great, but it was a John Sculley project. When Steve returned to Apple, he shut down the unprofitable Newton group. Steve would not touch them now with a cattle prod. Use a Newton 2000 or 2100 for a while, then look at a Palm product. The Newton is still amazing today. Pity, really.Palm is a corporate zombie, a walking dead thing.
pinkert11: "If apple bought them, it would ruin them! The best thing about a real Plam, not a windows one, is that it is open. [...] Long live palm, long live the open device!"Long live the linux-based PDAs, the really open devices that aren't lame. Maybe the iPhone will be cool, I am somewhat of an Apple fan, but no 3rd party apps? Even Nokia phones run 3rd party Java apps that is just a bad move in my opinion. I understand their reasons for doing so (simplifying the OS by a significant amount, obsessively controlling the device's operation) but I think the benefits of 3rd party apps on a device like that would be more valuable. 2ยข (canadian pennies)@geminitojanus: "You people do remember that Palm was started by employees who left Apple, right? Apple buying Palm back would be quite a coup for two reasons: one, the ex-Apple employees would rub it in Apple's face that they succeeded without Apple's guidance, and two, Palm's incredible gesture software and experience with phones could go miles towards helping Apple's cellphone venture succeed."You do remember that NeXT was started by an employee who left Apple, right? Apple buying Palm back would not be a coup for one reason: the ex-Apple employees would relate to Jobs who didn't even succeed after leaving Apple (till they bought NeXT of course).And Palms suck anyway. Sorry, just never liked Palms or Windows Mobile devices much. Apple has their stuff with the multi-touch and everything nearly ready to go. They don't seem to need the leftovers from the failed Newton anymore.
"My 600 just died two weeks ago and I'm now on a Palm 680 (no Windows thank you). Palm's equipment is just damned durable, and I would keep buying from them if they kept going. But, everyone knew this day was coming (for about, oh, 6 years?), and I just hope they get sold to someone who won't run the company into the ground."Nice.. Yes I've dropped, kicked, even had the 600 in the rain and that thing held up!650 wasn't as durable but it held up!Whoever buys Palm will probably keep the Treo-- they are very popular (in business at least) and the Treo probably saved Palm.
Its a waster of money Nokia should not buy Palm, it should work with Open Source Java and create something themselves that is better, Palm will always suck, Blackberry has a better software, Nokia Don't Buy Palm, Come on they came out with handspring and the treo are more expensive than ipods and a blackberry combined makes no sense to me, so good luck Nokia, $2 billion dollars OMG they can invest 10% of that in Open Source Product and they will get a higher investment than purchasing something that is old, software old, nothing good about it $2 billion dollars look at Digg $200 to a single programmer started the phenomenon of Digg, If you get what I am trying to say
Having owned a Treo 650 and then a 700p, I can say from personal experience, that there's nothing incredible about the Palm OS. I sold my 700p last month because I had nothing but problems with a phone that has yet to be updated to fix glaring problems with the OS. Motorola can buy it if they want, they can wrap it in gold leaf, but when it comes down to it, a turd wrapped in gold is... still a turd.
Palm Stopped innovating with Palm OS 3. My Kyocera 61whatever fisher-price sized cell phone does most everything that a modern palm device does, just in grayscale. Nothing compelling has been added to the Palm OS in years, and their devices have evolved at a snails pace. Good riddance.
kingaceMar 20, 2007
Does you forget your grammars?
kuntakinteMar 20, 2007
as long as the upcoming treos don't suffer from this it's cool
haggieMar 20, 2007
By Palm now cheap because when the iPhone flops and people realize how well the Treo works TODAY, its going to be worth alot more...
flipmeatMar 20, 2007
Apple would never buy Palm. For one thing, Palm products look like horse-drawn buggies next to the Bugatti Veyron that is the iPhone. My fanboyism aside :-) , Palm was founded by ex-Newton people from Apple. Newton was great, but it was a John Sculley project. When Steve returned to Apple, he shut down the unprofitable Newton group. Steve would not touch them now with a cattle prod. Use a Newton 2000 or 2100 for a while, then look at a Palm product. The Newton is still amazing today. Pity, really.Palm is a corporate zombie, a walking dead thing.
adiktMar 20, 2007
I'm using the Treo 680. I'm just waiting for Netfront 3 to become available for the unit. Blazer sucks. Other than that it's a kick ass little device.
nofxjunkeeMar 21, 2007
pinkert11: "If apple bought them, it would ruin them! The best thing about a real Plam, not a windows one, is that it is open. [...] Long live palm, long live the open device!"Long live the linux-based PDAs, the really open devices that aren't lame. Maybe the iPhone will be cool, I am somewhat of an Apple fan, but no 3rd party apps? Even Nokia phones run 3rd party Java apps that is just a bad move in my opinion. I understand their reasons for doing so (simplifying the OS by a significant amount, obsessively controlling the device's operation) but I think the benefits of 3rd party apps on a device like that would be more valuable. 2ยข (canadian pennies)@geminitojanus: "You people do remember that Palm was started by employees who left Apple, right? Apple buying Palm back would be quite a coup for two reasons: one, the ex-Apple employees would rub it in Apple's face that they succeeded without Apple's guidance, and two, Palm's incredible gesture software and experience with phones could go miles towards helping Apple's cellphone venture succeed."You do remember that NeXT was started by an employee who left Apple, right? Apple buying Palm back would not be a coup for one reason: the ex-Apple employees would relate to Jobs who didn't even succeed after leaving Apple (till they bought NeXT of course).And Palms suck anyway. Sorry, just never liked Palms or Windows Mobile devices much. Apple has their stuff with the multi-touch and everything nearly ready to go. They don't seem to need the leftovers from the failed Newton anymore.
mikester540Mar 21, 2007
"My 600 just died two weeks ago and I'm now on a Palm 680 (no Windows thank you). Palm's equipment is just damned durable, and I would keep buying from them if they kept going. But, everyone knew this day was coming (for about, oh, 6 years?), and I just hope they get sold to someone who won't run the company into the ground."Nice.. Yes I've dropped, kicked, even had the 600 in the rain and that thing held up!650 wasn't as durable but it held up!Whoever buys Palm will probably keep the Treo-- they are very popular (in business at least) and the Treo probably saved Palm.
juliocgrajalesMar 21, 2007
Its a waster of money Nokia should not buy Palm, it should work with Open Source Java and create something themselves that is better, Palm will always suck, Blackberry has a better software, Nokia Don't Buy Palm, Come on they came out with handspring and the treo are more expensive than ipods and a blackberry combined makes no sense to me, so good luck Nokia, $2 billion dollars OMG they can invest 10% of that in Open Source Product and they will get a higher investment than purchasing something that is old, software old, nothing good about it $2 billion dollars look at Digg $200 to a single programmer started the phenomenon of Digg, If you get what I am trying to say
longtermMar 21, 2007
Having owned a Treo 650 and then a 700p, I can say from personal experience, that there's nothing incredible about the Palm OS. I sold my 700p last month because I had nothing but problems with a phone that has yet to be updated to fix glaring problems with the OS. Motorola can buy it if they want, they can wrap it in gold leaf, but when it comes down to it, a turd wrapped in gold is... still a turd.
gr8oneMar 21, 2007
Palm Stopped innovating with Palm OS 3. My Kyocera 61whatever fisher-price sized cell phone does most everything that a modern palm device does, just in grayscale. Nothing compelling has been added to the Palm OS in years, and their devices have evolved at a snails pace. Good riddance.