By the purchase Of palm were interested not only IN HP and HTC, but also all important producers of [smartfonov]
Earlier we already reported, that when it became known about possible sale of the producer of [smartfonov] of the company Of palm, the interest in its purchase companies from southeastern Asia appeared: HTC, Huawei, Lenovo and ZTE. From other companies it communicated only about Dell and Hewlett-Packard, by which, in the final analysis, and was reached Palm. At the end April 2010 it was reported about the accomplishment of transaction with the cost of 1,2 billion dollars. Now the resource Of business Of insider, referring to source close to the negotiations, reported names the lost external auction on sale companies Of palm.
Main aspirant to the inventor of [smartfonov], and also the solid packet of the patents (more than 450) and the applications (more than 400) was the company Of apple. Steve [Dzhobs] once already attempted to outbid Palm, but even then and now the company Of apple was not reached. According to some accounts c Of apple was already even negotiated agreement about financing of some operations Of palm, but representatives NR named the sum, which simply it did not prove to be, in Apple, and representatives Palm could not keep balance. Besides the interest in the patents the engineers from [Kupertino] were interested in obtaining of access to technology, utilized in [smartfonakh] with the apparatus keyboards, having in mind to make room on the American market company RIM.
The latter was also interested in the acquisition Of palm. In this case, as noted the source Of business Of insider, in the producer of [smartfonov] Of blackBerry was originally all chances to the conclusion of transaction, since their proposal was higher than in NR, but rate was raised and Research in Of motion refused. Interest also manifested the company Of google, whose representatives interested intellectual property Of palm itself, but only in that plan, so that it would not be reached Apple. Since the negotiations were closed and the names of participants were not revealed, into Google they considered the transaction of not this interesting so as to spend very essential sum. It is however amazing, in the number of those trading was not noticed Finnish Nokia. Subsequently Business Of insider promises to publish the reasons of the absence of the interest of this company.
In all in “the auction” participated 16 different companies, as a result of which Of palm was sold on price $5.70 per share or $1,2 billion.
Main aspirant to the inventor of [smartfonov], and also the solid packet of the patents (more than 450) and the applications (more than 400) was the company Of apple. Steve [Dzhobs] once already attempted to outbid Palm, but even then and now the company Of apple was not reached. According to some accounts c Of apple was already even negotiated agreement about financing of some operations Of palm, but representatives NR named the sum, which simply it did not prove to be, in Apple, and representatives Palm could not keep balance. Besides the interest in the patents the engineers from [Kupertino] were interested in obtaining of access to technology, utilized in [smartfonakh] with the apparatus keyboards, having in mind to make room on the American market company RIM.
The latter was also interested in the acquisition Of palm. In this case, as noted the source Of business Of insider, in the producer of [smartfonov] Of blackBerry was originally all chances to the conclusion of transaction, since their proposal was higher than in NR, but rate was raised and Research in Of motion refused. Interest also manifested the company Of google, whose representatives interested intellectual property Of palm itself, but only in that plan, so that it would not be reached Apple. Since the negotiations were closed and the names of participants were not revealed, into Google they considered the transaction of not this interesting so as to spend very essential sum. It is however amazing, in the number of those trading was not noticed Finnish Nokia. Subsequently Business Of insider promises to publish the reasons of the absence of the interest of this company.
In all in “the auction” participated 16 different companies, as a result of which Of palm was sold on price $5.70 per share or $1,2 billion.
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