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By: BlackBerryCool » Palm buyout happening by Thursday?

BlackBerryCool » Palm buyout happening by Thursday? — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 15:40:00 +0000

[...] Looks like Palm’s having a sale, and unfortunately it’s not on any of their devices. We’ve been reporting about a possible sale of the Treo manufacturer for a while now, but the news has never been hotter than this. The company may be off the market as soon as this Thursday, says Unstrung.com, and Nokia’s at the forefront of the possible $2 billion dollar buy-out. Morgan Stanley — the banker that the PDA pioneer has been working with to explore its options — wants to wrap a deal by the 22nd, the day that Palm is due to report its third quarter results for its 2007 fiscal year, according to the latest word from sources. “They really want to get it closed on the 22nd,” a source told Unstrung on Monday morning. [...]

By: BlackBerryCool » Nokia picking up Palm? Unlikely, says analysts

BlackBerryCool » Nokia picking up Palm? Unlikely, says analysts — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 19:10:25 +0000

[...] We talked about this early last week and then again on the most recent BBCool podcast – but the fire’s been put out. I don’t have enough fingers and toes to count how many times Palm’s rumoured to have been in the real estate listings, but reports got more intense last week when it was noted that Palm’s been talking about a possible purchase. Nokia and Motorola were the front runners for the buy, but now Nokia’s been taken out of the equation by a slew of analysts. This doesn’t make any sense,” she said, stressing that buying Palm would be a huge strategic about-face for Nokia, which uses the Symbian operating system in its enterprise devices as opposed to the Palm and Windows Mobile platforms used by the U.S. company. [...]