July 6, 2010 – HP announced that they completed the acquisition of Palm, creators of the award-winning webOS mobile platform and the Pre and Pixi smartphone product line. This merger will allow HP to participate more aggressively in the highly profitable $100 billion smartphone and connected mobile device markets.
Palm’s webOS is said by many to be a great mobile operating system. One of the biggest problems Palm had in the mobile market was the financial backing. They’ve been struggling for many years and their Pre and Pixi line of smartphones was their last ditch effort for survival. Unfortunately because of the existing and growing market of BlackBerry and iPhones users, it was nearly impossible for them to break in and claim their market share. Read More→
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