HP and Palm RIP

HP bought Palm and going to move the WebOS to PCs. That's interesting. Details here.

Palm HAD the spotlight (about 10 years ago). I played with Palms... in fact, I owned THREE Palms. My first Palm (Palm Vx) was destroyed by water, second one is Palm Zire 72 (destroyed by screen crack),
and the third one Palm Tungsten E2 is not destroyed but the calibration is out of whack. These are decent devices, but you can't talk to somebody with it (not a phone) or surf the web or use it as a map. Yes there were Palm+Phone combos (the Treo) long ago but they didn't fly like the iPhone. They were just not quite sleek enough.

This webOs thing was the os for Palm Pre... Palm's last approach to grab some marketshare... unforutunately the sales number are disappointing. Now HP are you SURE that's a good buy? Everyone is just too happy with their iPhones (or their basic free phones) and won't even look at the Palm.

Good luck HP... it is competitive out there, and you will need A LOT of marketing to convince people your stuff is cool too.
Apple users are so loyal... they are not so likely to dump their cool iphones/ipads for your stuff unless your stuff is hugely better. Their screens are so crispy clear that you've got to beat first (probably not so possible).