Comments on: Who could benefit from buying Palm? QualComm! http://tamspalm.tamoggemon.com/2010/03/11/who-could-benefit-from-buying-palm-qualcomm/ Palm OS / web OS news and opinion source Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:33:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Robert http://tamspalm.tamoggemon.com/2010/03/11/who-could-benefit-from-buying-palm-qualcomm/comment-page-1/#comment-239163 Robert Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:52:25 +0000 http://tamspalm.tamoggemon.com/?p=5779#comment-239163 Tam this is true, but isn't that for lower end semi-smartphones? We can go on forever thinking who would be good to buy Palm and we may be wrong still. Who knows maybe kyocera. Or maybe some rich person who just wants to get into the phone business. I just hope its a company that takes good care of it and does well by it. WebOS is a strong OS and with the right people with good ideas, it could become a very strong company. I'm not saying that the present CEO is doing a bad job, he did build a good OS. Just if I were him I would have licensed out the OS to other companies but with hardware boundaries like Microsoft is. I would have right away tried to get it into as many cell companies as possible and also put the OS on tablets and maybe e-book readers. I think if this was done Palm would be in better shape now...but I could be wrong too. Tam this is true, but isn’t that for lower end semi-smartphones?

We can go on forever thinking who would be good to buy Palm and we may be wrong still. Who knows maybe kyocera. Or maybe some rich person who just wants to get into the phone business. I just hope its a company that takes good care of it and does well by it. WebOS is a strong OS and with the right people with good ideas, it could become a very strong company. I’m not saying that the present CEO is doing a bad job, he did build a good OS. Just if I were him I would have licensed out the OS to other companies but with hardware boundaries like Microsoft is. I would have right away tried to get it into as many cell companies as possible and also put the OS on tablets and maybe e-book readers. I think if this was done Palm would be in better shape now…but I could be wrong too.

]]> By: Tam Hanna, Site Founder http://tamspalm.tamoggemon.com/2010/03/11/who-could-benefit-from-buying-palm-qualcomm/comment-page-1/#comment-239162 Tam Hanna, Site Founder Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:49:52 +0000 http://tamspalm.tamoggemon.com/?p=5779#comment-239162 Hi, consider Samsung out of the game - they have just stuck millions into their bada fund! Tam Hi,
consider Samsung out of the game – they have just stuck millions into their bada fund!

Tam

]]> By: Robert http://tamspalm.tamoggemon.com/2010/03/11/who-could-benefit-from-buying-palm-qualcomm/comment-page-1/#comment-239152 Robert Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:40:49 +0000 http://tamspalm.tamoggemon.com/?p=5779#comment-239152 I can agree with Samsung, even LG. Sony no because if they wanted to do an OS I would see them doing their own. Any of the electronic companies that have had phones (Hitachi/Casio/NEC, Sanyo/Panasonic). HP I don't think so. I was watching a recent video with one of the heads and he said they didn't really want to get into phones. They see themselves doing more tablets and such. Now Dell on the other hand has shown interest in doing a phone so maybe them. Who will buy them if that option actually comes around, who knows. I can agree with Samsung, even LG. Sony no because if they wanted to do an OS I would see them doing their own. Any of the electronic companies that have had phones (Hitachi/Casio/NEC, Sanyo/Panasonic).

HP I don’t think so. I was watching a recent video with one of the heads and he said they didn’t really want to get into phones. They see themselves doing more tablets and such. Now Dell on the other hand has shown interest in doing a phone so maybe them.

Who will buy them if that option actually comes around, who knows.

]]> By: Scotland http://tamspalm.tamoggemon.com/2010/03/11/who-could-benefit-from-buying-palm-qualcomm/comment-page-1/#comment-239151 Scotland Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:49:41 +0000 http://tamspalm.tamoggemon.com/?p=5779#comment-239151 I think Samsung is probably a more realistic possibility. They could embed WebOS into lots of different devices easily - for example, given they are already embedding Yahoo widgets into their TVs, why wouldn't they include a proper ARM processor (they are probably already using ARM anyway), and then have a WebOS variant as the interface. You could have a single WebOS remote for all your CE equipment. You could use it to control you TV, Stereo, and could use it on your Mobile/Cell phone. Sony makes sense as well but I think they would be more resistant to acquiring such a key piece of software - plus they were burned by PalmOS in the past. However, Sony does like proprietary standards so they might be tempted. The Sony/Ericcson alliance might be a problem, though. I wouldn't count HP out either - they have wanted to become more consumer focused and this would help them. However, I have a tough time imagining Palm flourishing under them. A CE company would be a good fit because, if those companies don't use and establish their own general purpose OS, then, in the next 5 years Android will likely fill the gap instead. I think Samsung is probably a more realistic possibility. They could embed WebOS into lots of different devices easily – for example, given they are already embedding Yahoo widgets into their TVs, why wouldn’t they include a proper ARM processor (they are probably already using ARM anyway), and then have a WebOS variant as the interface. You could have a single WebOS remote for all your CE equipment. You could use it to control you TV, Stereo, and could use it on your Mobile/Cell phone.

Sony makes sense as well but I think they would be more resistant to acquiring such a key piece of software – plus they were burned by PalmOS in the past. However, Sony does like proprietary standards so they might be tempted. The Sony/Ericcson alliance might be a problem, though.

I wouldn’t count HP out either – they have wanted to become more consumer focused and this would help them. However, I have a tough time imagining Palm flourishing under them.

A CE company would be a good fit because, if those companies don’t use and establish their own general purpose OS, then, in the next 5 years Android will likely fill the gap instead.

]]> By: Robert http://tamspalm.tamoggemon.com/2010/03/11/who-could-benefit-from-buying-palm-qualcomm/comment-page-1/#comment-239149 Robert Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:56:04 +0000 http://tamspalm.tamoggemon.com/?p=5779#comment-239149 Tam Thats basically what I was thinking of initially too. The funny thing is that Qualcomm makes a lot of the innards of phones so it would almost be theirs but without them actually making it. They'd be the Intel of smart phones. Tam Thats basically what I was thinking of initially too. The funny thing is that Qualcomm makes a lot of the innards of phones so it would almost be theirs but without them actually making it. They’d be the Intel of smart phones.

]]> By: Tam Hanna, Site Founder http://tamspalm.tamoggemon.com/2010/03/11/who-could-benefit-from-buying-palm-qualcomm/comment-page-1/#comment-239142 Tam Hanna, Site Founder Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:18:24 +0000 http://tamspalm.tamoggemon.com/?p=5779#comment-239142 Hi med, I didn't mean them becoming a device manufacturer - them being an OS vendor would be more than enough! Tam Hi med,
I didn’t mean them becoming a device manufacturer – them being an OS vendor would be more than enough!

Tam

]]> By: Robert http://tamspalm.tamoggemon.com/2010/03/11/who-could-benefit-from-buying-palm-qualcomm/comment-page-1/#comment-239137 Robert Sun, 14 Mar 2010 10:16:56 +0000 http://tamspalm.tamoggemon.com/?p=5779#comment-239137 medevelenemy I see what you're saying but since they make a lot of the chips already for a lot of phones I don't know if it'll matter. Look at Sony and Samsung, they make TV and phone screens and they also sell phones. Samsung makes a lot of the components in many phones as well. I guess hardware is pretty invisible unless you open the phone and the OS is there in your face, but would that really matter? The phone companies already know Samsung and Sony make components as well as phones. medevelenemy I see what you’re saying but since they make a lot of the chips already for a lot of phones I don’t know if it’ll matter. Look at Sony and Samsung, they make TV and phone screens and they also sell phones. Samsung makes a lot of the components in many phones as well. I guess hardware is pretty invisible unless you open the phone and the OS is there in your face, but would that really matter? The phone companies already know Samsung and Sony make components as well as phones.

]]> By: medevilenemy http://tamspalm.tamoggemon.com/2010/03/11/who-could-benefit-from-buying-palm-qualcomm/comment-page-1/#comment-239120 medevilenemy Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:54:41 +0000 http://tamspalm.tamoggemon.com/?p=5779#comment-239120 It would actually be a pretty bad idea, I think. Qualcomm entering the fray as a device producer would backfire as they'd be alienating their chipset customers, now turned competitors. If someone were to buy palm, it would be a company either already in the market, or one completely out of the market, so that they don't sabotage their own core business. It would actually be a pretty bad idea, I think. Qualcomm entering the fray as a device producer would backfire as they’d be alienating their chipset customers, now turned competitors. If someone were to buy palm, it would be a company either already in the market, or one completely out of the market, so that they don’t sabotage their own core business.

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