Palm fate in the hands of Hewlett packard (HP)

Palm fate in the hands of hewlett packard (HP) finally clear after a declared completed the acquisition on Thursday (01/07/2010). Platform WebOS which is the most advanced portfolio of man-made Palm will use the HP to the various product lines.

"Palm will retain responsibilities in software development and product-based WebOS WebOS from smartphone (smart phone) to your PC slate (tablet) and netbooks, "said the official pernyataaan Palm HP business units.'ll Be under the Personal Systems Group, HP and is expected HP's market share increase in business smart phones and other mobile devices valued at 100 billion U.S. dollars.

This confirms speculation that HP would make a WebOS platform as the main business of mobile devices (mobile devices), such as a PDA that never developed and the tablet / slate which is still a prototype stage. Working closely with Microsoft to use Windows platform on smart phones and tablets are also becoming blurred.

For information, Palm agreed to take over HP's worth of 1.2 billion U.S. dollars last April 28 after the company continued to experience losses. Although pioneered the smart phone product through the Palm Treo, Palm finally failed to compete with Apple and BlackBerry smart phone market. Palm also has tried to enter the netbook market, but failed before issuing its first product.