Remember when the Palm Pre launch got all the buzz at CES 2009?
Well, Palm’s troubles are not over and not even VC Roger McNamee could save them.
Palm has been trying to solve its troubles in the “smartphone” market for years. They had identified Canada-based Research in Motion as their competitor, until rumors that Apple was coming out with a touchscreen phone started to surface in 2008.
Now the ubiquity of the iPhone has totally crushed Palm to a mere $5 per share. News has it that HP will be acquiring Palm, but will they succeed? iPhone’s core competency is clearly their focus on consumer behavior rather than creating device enablers that function.
Why HP wants to acquire Palm
WSJ’s The Source: What if it’s not about the Phones?
MobileBeat: Acquisition is about Tablets and netbooks too
TechCrunch: Double Down on Palm’s WebOS
Apple vs. HP Competition
Now that Apple has proven that it can crush HP’s Slate as well, let’s just say that there’s no beating this consumer mobile computing giant now. They’ve got the share on music devices, tablet devices and smartphone devices, and even the eBook market!
Flashbacks to my posts on Palm, Apple, Amazon
Dear Mr. Ed Colligan: Reasons why the features of the Palm sucks for blogging
Why Apple is the New Comeback Darling
Strive through the narrow gate: Speculation on devices like Amazon’s Kindle
