Desperate , struggling Palm may be altogether out of luck as one of the companionship ’s last - ditch saviors , HTC , has walk away from a potential buyout .
A seed with direct knowledge of the situationtold Reutersthat after HTC reviewed Palm ’s grim Book it decide there “ were n’t enough synergies to take the deal forward . ” What are Palm ’s options ?
Lenovo
Since everybody else turn their backs on Palm ’s implosion , it appears the world ’s number 4 PC blade , Lenovo , is the only one left in the running . Lenovo reportedly hadmore than $ 2.4 billion in net John Cash reservesat the close of 2009 — with that kind of dough , it could certainly afford to nab Palm , specially if the company lowers its price due to deficiency of requirement . Lenovo is also pursuing themobile Internet marketwith theOphoneandIdeaPad U1 Hybrid tab , so absorbing Palm could be a stair into the company ’s future .
WebOS
WebOS was hailed as “ one of the silky and best - designed smartphone platforms to occur along in a while — it ’s in good order up there with Apple ’s iPhone operating system and Google ’s Android . ” Still , it could n’t move the Pre or Pixi off the shelf .
“ If there ’s an appropriate strategical family relationship or commercial enterprise flock that make good sense to us then of course of study we would license webOS because obviously the more exfoliation we get the more the welfare there is to us,”Palm CEO Jon Rubinstein tell the Financial Times . Other smartphone Almighty with less - than - awesome OSes could really score on this raft .
I Will Survive
Is it all end of the world and sombreness for Palm ? According to CEO Jon Rubinstein , no . Rubinstein told the Financial Times that , osseous tissue - picking Cathartes aura aside , he believe that “ Palm can survive as an independent company . We have a architectural plan that gets us to profitableness . ” I hate to sound cynical , but this does n’t seem very likely . If Lenovo walk away and Palm does n’t license webOS , I ca n’t imagine any other holy person swoop down and propping Palm ’s room access open .
