Palm might buy Handspring

[Arden]

Here is the announcement.

What do you guys think about this? What might this mean for the future of the handheld market, if anything? What will this mean for the Visor and Treo line of handhelds? Will they simply adopt the Palm brand name, will they change the models to something different, or will they drop them altogether?

I just bought a brand-new Tungsten E, and I was price-checking on Palm's site, which is where I found this announcement. I wouldn't mind a Treo, or one with a Camera, but I really don't need those right now (much less not being able to afford them). And my Tung E will play MP3's off of an SD card.

 

[Cheryl]

We will have to wait and see what happens. Many times a buyout usually ends up with the same products being produced under the new corporate name in fine print.

 

[nervus]

Old news see: http://www.palminfocenter.com/view_story.asp?ID=5817
Generally it is regarded as a GOOD THING in de Palm PDA world.

Greetings
nervus

 

[ksv]

http://www.handspring.com/company/pr_details.jhtml?id=/company/xml/pr_060403.xml

June 4.

 

[nervus]

greetings
nervus

 

[quiksan]

well, all the people who started HandSpring CAME from Palm in the first place...so I don't know how different that will cause things to be in the long run.