The BusinessInsider has reported today that both Apple and RIM bid on Palm before HP eventually purchased it in April for $1.2 billion.
Citing talks with someone close to the discussions, the site says Apple wanted Palm's library of intellectual property and their patents. Palm has 450 patents on file and 400 more applications on file.
Furthermore, Apple seemed willing to leave Palm ... [ read the full article ]
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"Furthermore, Apple seemed willing to leave Palm independent, funding their operations. It is believed that Apple wanted to take a bite of rival RIM's dominance of the smartphones with keyboards market."
There are so many things wrong with that statement. For starters, apple should never be used in the same sentence as independent unless there is a negative, like "Apple does not support independent thought". As for the keyboards thing, if they wanted to take a bite of that market, I doubt it would be very hard to make an iphone4 with a keyboard...maybe they could even fix the antenna while they were at it.
Originally posted by KillerBug: "Furthermore, Apple seemed willing to leave Palm independent, funding their operations. It is believed that Apple wanted to take a bite of rival RIM's dominance of the smartphones with keyboards market."
There are so many things wrong with that statement. For starters, apple should never be used in the same sentence as independent unless there is a negative, like "Apple does not support independent thought". As for the keyboards thing, if they wanted to take a bite of that market, I doubt it would be very hard to make an iphone4 with a keyboard...maybe they could even fix the antenna while they were at it.
Why dont you just start an Anti-Apple movement mate?
youve got half the forum as followers already lol
