Palm to acquire rival Handspring

Alexander Turcic · 06-04-2003, 01:18 PM

Interesting news...

Palm said on Wednesday that will buy rival Handspring in an effort to strengthen its grip on the market for handheld devices. Palm, which also announced it has finalized plans to spin off its PalmSource software division, will purchase Handspring in a stock deal. The transaction will grant Handspring stockholders 0.09 of a share of Palm--and no shares of PalmSource--for each share of Handspring common stock. Based on Tuesday's closing price, that values each Handspring share at $1.09, slightly lower than Handspring's closing price of $1.11.

Read more about it at CNews.

renbud · 06-04-2003, 02:06 PM

Can you say....monopoly?

OK, it obviously isn't that bad. I just hope all the innovators and innovations at Handspring continue to live on at Palm.

Cheers,
Gregg

Saud · 06-05-2003, 07:47 AM

check the new treo600

http://www.treocentral.com/content/Stories/229-1.htm
its a gem but....
sadly resolution is said to be 160x160

emale07 · 07-07-2003, 04:48 PM

I'm not a big fan of the new treo style. The great thing about the curent treo phone is that you don't leave smudge marks all over the screen - now it's back to the days of VisorPhone in that regard.

06-04-2003, 01:18 PM	#1
Alexander Turcic Fully Converged Posts: 18,171 Karma: 14021202 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Switzerland Device: Too many to count here.	Palm to acquire rival Handspring Interesting news... Palm said on Wednesday that will buy rival Handspring in an effort to strengthen its grip on the market for handheld devices. Palm, which also announced it has finalized plans to spin off its PalmSource software division, will purchase Handspring in a stock deal. The transaction will grant Handspring stockholders 0.09 of a share of Palm--and no shares of PalmSource--for each share of Handspring common stock. Based on Tuesday's closing price, that values each Handspring share at $1.09, slightly lower than Handspring's closing price of $1.11. Read more about it at CNews.

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06-04-2003, 02:06 PM	#2
renbud Enthusiast Posts: 32 Karma: 74 Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: New Jersey Device: Axim X51v	Can you say....monopoly? OK, it obviously isn't that bad. I just hope all the innovators and innovations at Handspring continue to live on at Palm. Cheers, Gregg

06-05-2003, 07:47 AM	#3
Saud Connoisseur Posts: 75 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2003 Device: Cybook Opus, Iphone 3G, Blackberry 9000	check the new treo600 http://www.treocentral.com/content/Stories/229-1.htm its a gem but.... sadly resolution is said to be 160x160

07-07-2003, 04:48 PM	#4
emale07 Enthusiast Posts: 33 Karma: 25 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Kansas City (USA) Device: Amazon Kindle 2	I'm not a big fan of the new treo style. The great thing about the curent treo phone is that you don't leave smudge marks all over the screen - now it's back to the days of VisorPhone in that regard.

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