Palm, Inc. To Be Purchased This Week?

[Ed Hansberry]

<a href="http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=198100102">http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=198100102</a><br /><br /><i>"Palm Inc. could be sold for at least $20 per share this week and at least four bidders are interested, including private equity firm Texas Pacific Group, according to unnamed sources cited by technology news Web site Unstrung.com."</i><br /><br />Other buyers include Nokia and Motorola. Rumors of Palm's buyout have been circulating for years. They heated up again a few months ago, sending the stock up nearly 40% since December when the rest of the market has been sliding sideways. Do you think this is the real deal, or just another false alarm?

[inteller]

microsoft should buy them and make a Zune Treo. Call it the Trune, or the Zeo.

[Phillip Dyson]

I wouldn't be surprised. How far will they get on a single device. The Treo is a nice device, but there's not much diversity there. Even RIM has multiple device models for various tastes and uses.