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Monday, March 26, 2007
Should anyone buy Palm?
Seven Companies That Aren't Rumored to be Buying Palm, But Really Should Be is actually a rant on who probably shouldn't acquire Palm. The question is for what company it would make sense though.
There's been talks about Nokia acquiring Palm. The only reason I can see is to get hold of user-friendly applications (and ditto design). Palm doesn't own its OS and Nokia is focused on Symbian anyway. All in all, that acquisition wouldn't make sense, as application design can be copied.
There's been talks about Nokia acquiring Palm. The only reason I can see is to get hold of user-friendly applications (and ditto design). Palm doesn't own its OS and Nokia is focused on Symbian anyway. All in all, that acquisition wouldn't make sense, as application design can be copied.
