Comment Re:MOOo (Score 1) 648
OWO.o (OpenWideOffice.org)
Submission + - HP to buy Palm for $1.2billion
necro81 writes: Palm, Inc., which has struggled in recent months after making a splash with its Pre smartphone, will be bought by HP, the world's largest computer maker. The deal has been approved by both companies' boards, and should be wrapped up this summer. HP will get Palm for about $5.70/share (about 20% above today's closing price), or about $1.2 billion. That's a pretty good deal, considering that in the months following the launch of the Pre on Sprint's network, Palm's share price topped $16. But marketing blunders hindered the Pre's more widespread adoption on other carriers, and the company's very existence has recently seemed in doubt.
Submission + - Palm to be acquired by HP for $1.2 billion (businesswire.com)
Rijnzael writes: Looks like the troubled Palm finally found a buyer. Might we be seeing webOS netbooks in the future?
Comment Compared to netbooks (Score 1) 1713
Slightly lighter, smaller screen, no proper keyboard, no expandable storage, less powerfull processor, similar battery life, no support for Beowulf clustering. Did I forget anything?
Comment Re:Sci-Fi? (Score 1) 444
Are you some kind of Oracle?
Comment Always facing the door (Score 1) 392
Just like Gurney Halleck told us!
Comment Re:Heh... (Score 1) 264
So Apple, as a newcomer to the industry, is now making others in the same space play catch up to them. Real competition is a good thing. Definitely Palm, MS, Nokia and RIM had more than enough time and expertise to make a iPhone like device before Apple did, yet they didn't. So now they get to play catch up. I hope they do create real iPhone killers, because it then puts Apple on the spot to improve.
Actually, they are only utilising the expansion of a niche (touchscreen smartphones) which (the expansion) Apple caused. Apple did not create the market, but was first to create a product to be good enough. At the same time other players are working on other niches, some more, some less profitable.
It's a bit like when Beatles had it's first success (no I'm not that old), other record companies started to sign similar bands. While keeping the still profitable parts of their other catalogue also.
Comment Re:iPhone shortcuts (Score 1) 264
I find it very easy to add appointments to my iPhone, you did simplify the palm version above a fair bit, you didnt have to hit "save" or "done" or an equivalent on your Palm?
Of course not. Actually the steps 1 and 5 in the GP are both optional on most Palm devices.
Comment Re:Nokia: 1 - Apple: 0 (Score 3, Informative) 181
Actually, this particular model outselled iPod. All models.
Comment Re:I make money off of linux (Score 1) 615
I once used a $300/hour internet connection without even thinking it was costly. But that was in Portugal, before the uro.
Comment How long will it take... (Score 1) 140
... for one of the Connors to drop by?
