Well, it had to happen — Palm just couldn’t survive (for long) as an independent company. Palm has been acquired by HP for US$1.2 billion. Palm as a company has gone through so many changes over the years, with acquisitions and mergers and demergers and name changes. In an ironic twist, the HP acquisition was announced by none other than Todd Bradley, a former Palm CEO himself.
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I almost forgot about the entire iPhone OS 4.0 event yesterday. I was putting the finishing touches on my app (more on that later) when I realized that it was actually time for the event to start. Two things to note :
1. Sites like GDGT, Engadget and Ars Technica have really made viewing liveblogs a great experience. Updates appeared in near real time.
2. iPhone OS 4.0 is set to get the Android and Windows Mobile teams scrambling to catch up again.
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