Amazon
wants to buy Palm and its smartphone/tablet platform WebOS,
VentureBeat reports citing a well-placed source.
There are other interested parties, but Amazon is nearest to
completing the deal, the same source claims.
After HP gave
up on the tablet business, rumors started swirling about
possible buyers for Palm and WebOS – a platform which showed a
lot of promise even in its early days, but was never given a
chance to shine as Palm changed hands.
Recent reports that Samsung was interested in acquiring Palm
were quickly shot down
by the company CEO Choi Gee Sung. HTC, on the other hand,
carefully let
the world know that it wouldn’t mind having a spare mobile
OS on its hands, although CEO Cher Wang was careful not to go
into specifics.
Now Amazon rises as the next likely contender. The company
recently shook the world of tablets by introducing a cheap
7-inch device, Kindle
Fire, which has something in common with the tablets from
HTC and Samsung – it’s Android-based.
After Google’s purchase
of Motorola Mobility, focusing one’s entire
tablet/smartphone strategy on Android quickly became a lot less
attractive, so it seems as if it’s just a matter of time until
someone takes Palm off HP’s hands – probably at a big discount.
If Amazon really does acquire Palm and WebOS, it would probably
have to completely switch future Kindle Fire products from
Android to WebOS, as it doesn’t make much sense for a company
whose hardware devices are just a front to offer users content
to develop tablets on two operating systems at the same time.
But Amazon has shown a lot of commitment and patience with its
e-reader and tablet products, and we’re quite sure it could
integrate WebOS into its long-term tablet strategy.
[via VentureBeat]
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