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HP dismette tablet e telefoni, è incerta sui PC e compra Autonomy (E così il glorioso marchio Palm praticamente va a morire … Addio …) Via Bloomberg
Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ) is planning a sweeping overhaul of its businesses, agreeing to buy Autonomy Corp. for $10.3 billion and weighing a breakup that would unravel the much-debated Compaq Computer Corp. purchase.
Autonomy shareholders will receive $42.11 a share, Palo Alto, California-based Hewlett-Packard said in a statement. That represents a 64 percent premium over Autonomy’s closing share price yesterday. Hewlett-Packard also said it’s considering spinning off its PC division and that it will discontinue products that run WebOS software. Hewlett-Packard shares dropped after the company issued forecasts that missed estimates.
The Apple iPad has a solid lead in the tablet space. But Steve Jobs had better watch out: the competition is coming.
This year at the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, pundits predict that manufacturers will unveil a host of tablet-style devices to compete with Apple’s funky iPad. But the product that could prove to be the strongest competitor isn’t from Blackberry-maker RIM, nor a gizmo from the Windows and Intel crowd.
It’s from the dark-horse rival, Palm — and its owner HP. FoxNews.com has obtained spec sheets for HP’s forthcoming PalmPad tablet this week from a trusted source. And I’m super excited to see these things debut at the 2011 CES IRL (that’s in real life). Here are some of the basic highlights.
HP will introduce three models of the PalmPad at CES, with minor hardware differences distinguishing them. All three will run a new iteration of the WebOS operating system, version 2.5.1; they’re collectively a spin-off of the never-released HP Slate. A fourth version won’t be shown off at CES, I’m told, but it will be custom made for university students to prove how versatile the machines can be.
Finalmente segnali del tablet Palm. Ho deciso di aspettare a prenotare. Ma davvero! Se avete avuto voglia di leggere quell’articolo su iPad e Cloud in inglese, beh webOS è il sistema migliore per operare in presa diretta con le web app. Non ci credete? Secondo me ne vedremo delle belle (anche sui prezzi!).
“Solo tre settimane addietro, HP stava ancora lavorando allo Slate, il tablet basato su Windows 7 definito prematuramente da molti l’iPad killer. L’idea è stata, invece, accantonata da HP per lavorare a progetti basati sul WebOS. A detta di chi ha avuto modo di provarlo, lo Slate era “un dispositivo molto interessante ma lento come una tartaruga”, parola di Paul Mueller, analista di Losa Angeles, specializzato nel settore industriale. “
Penso avrebbero potuto fare qualcosa di meglio con un processore più veloce, ma questo avrebbe significato anche una minore durata delle batterie”. Se le indiscrezioni su questo nuovo tablet sono veritiere, continua Mueller “potrebbe arrivare un vero dispositivo-killer basato su WebOS, sistema operativo eccezionale per un tablet”.
HP and Palm, Inc. today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which HP will purchase Palm, a provider of smartphones powered by the Palm webOS mobile operating system, at a price of $5.70 per share of Palm common stock in cash or an enterprise value of approximately $1.2 billion. The transaction has been approved by the HP and Palm boards of directors.
The combination of HP’s global scale and financial strength with Palm’s unparalleled webOS platform will enhance HP’s ability to participate more aggressively in the fast-growing, highly profitable smartphone and connected mobile device markets. Palm’s unique webOS will allow HP to take advantage of features such as true multitasking and always up-to-date information sharing across applications.
“Palm’s innovative operating system provides an ideal platform to expand HP’s mobility strategy and create a unique HP experience spanning multiple mobile connected devices,” said Todd Bradley, executive vice president, Personal Systems Group, HP. “And, Palm possesses significant IP assets and has a highly skilled team. The smartphone market is large, profitable and rapidly growing, and companies that can provide an integrated device and experience command a higher share. Advances in mobility are offering significant opportunities, and HP intends to be a leader in this market.”
Sure, it’s mostly the talk of Wall Street hedge fund folks, but it’s sent Palm’s stock up 20 percent, or 77 cents to close at $4.62 Wednesday. Is Lenovo actually interested in acquiring Palm’s sagging smartphone business? Perhaps. But there are several other companies that could benefit even more from buying instead of building a smartphone business from scratch. Palm’s chances of a comeback are fading. Who can rescue the company? Likely a PC maker.
Palm is ripe for a buyout because, well, the company is running out of options. As my colleague Tom Krazit pointed out recently, it might be time for the company to throw in the towel. Their chances for a turnaround are getting slimmer as their heavy investment in WebOS and the Palm Pre and Pixi haven’t produced the desired effect. Palm sold just 408,000 phones last quarter. By comparison, Apple sold 8.7 million iPhones during the same time period.
So who should rescue or absorb Palm? Probably a PC company. Besides the fact that more cell phones are sold annually than computers, in developing countries over the next few years the first computers people will own will be a mobile phone. So it makes sense that companies that make PCs would want to get in on the action. Plus, the smartphone and the computer are merging, and as Apple has demonstrated, being at the nexus of the two is smart business.
Dopo settimane di rumor, la compagnia americana Palm ufficializza, finalmente, l’esistenza di un secondo smartphone basato sulla nuova piattaforma operativa “Web OS”.
Battezzato con il nome di Palm Pixi ma anche conosciuto in codice come Eos/Pixie, il nuovo device di Palm integra una tastiera QWERTY completa non scorrevole, che si trova sotto lo schermo, ed è caratterizzato da un design che ricorda molto quello del Palm Centro; Pixi possiede appunto uno schermo multipoint da 2,63” per una risoluzione di 320 x 400 pixels, include 8 GB di memoria interna, una fotocamera da 2 Megapixels con Flash ed è compatibile con le reti EV-DO.
Una volta ancora Palm ha scelto di puntare su uno smartphone non compatibile con lo standard GSM europeo e lo propone sempre in pacchetto operatore con Sprint. Là dove Palm era riuscita a vendere il suo Centro con il primo carrier americano AT&T, ora dovrà accontentarsi del terzo operatore sul podio statunitense: Sprint/Nextel.
The Palm Pre. It’s not just a phone, it’s a myth, an idea, possibly a legacy… and a really, really long time coming. It’s almost impossible to believe, but the crew at Engadget has been talking about a Linux-based Palm phone since way back in 2004. Through the now-distant years that followed, we were speculating, pontificating, and wishfully-thinking about a new device from a company that we’d come to expect innovation from. But we waited. And waited. And waited. We waited so long, in fact, that we actually penned a lengthy open letter to Palm, pleading for the company to get back on its game. Only when the picture looked really, truly bleak for the folks in Sunnyvale (you know, like $2 a share bleak) did we actually see a spark of hope — two sparks, in fact — called the Pre and webOS.
Yes, this is epic stuff. The Pre (and its accompanying operating system) could likely decide the fate of the company largely credited with ushering in the age of the do-everything phone. Since Palm’s announcement at CES this year, news surrounding the Pre has been a veritable whirlwind of activity: rumors, half-truths, hate, love, fear-mongering, fanboyism, rampant gadget-lust… and even a little late night celebrity for the pint-sized phone. Finally the time has come to put rubber to road and get into the guts of this thing once and for all. Can the Pre and webOS live up to the hype — the kind of hype we haven’t seen since the launch of the original iPhone — or do they snap under the pressure? Read on for the full review.
Palm abbandona il passato glorioso … pietra tombale o scelta azzeccata ? Via PreCentral
We’re listening to Ed Colligan talk to investors about the state of Palm and what some of their plans are going forward. Some interesting tidbits:
There will be no more PalmOS devices released by Palm (excepting the Centro getting released on other carriers). They’re focused on webOS and Windows Mobile.
19 agosto, 2011 
Computer, Economia, Mobile 
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