Nokia Rumored to Consider Palm Buyout

I’ve always been amazed at how stocks can be influenced by mere rumors, but Palm’s stock skyrocketed today by 8% amidst speculation that the struggling company may be bought out by Nokia.

Now, this wouldn’t be the first time we’ve heard this rumor, but for some reason it’s resurfacing; word of a Palm takeover had been talked about as early as September 2008.

It is interesting to note, however, that the two companies don’t have a whole lot in common. For instance, Nokia is heavily invested in Symbian and Maemo while Palm already has established WebOS as its current OS of choice. Would Nokia be willing to takeover WebOS and make it its own?

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We do know, though, that Nokia is having its fair share of problems getting any sort of stronghold in the smartphone market with heavy competition such as the iPhone and the large number of Android devices now emerging. If there is any merit to the rumor, it would likely mean Nokia is hoping to add strength to its smartphone market share.

via Electronista

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Posted on 14 Nov 09 - Filed in Nokia, Software&Services, Wireless - Comments - Written by bradmolen

  • "Nokia is having its fair share of problems getting any sort of stronghold in the smartphone market with heavy competition such as the iPhone and the large number of Android devices now emerging. "

    Err.... you do know that Nokia currently has 39% world market share in smartphones? Sounds like a stronghold to me. iPhone is only about 20% and Android's on 3%. Methinks your analysis is somewhat skewed??
  • Aaah, well. The American perspective...

    If Brad would have added "in the U.S." to the "Nokia is having its fair share of problems getting any sort of stronghold in the smartphone market ", everything he said in that paragraph and article would have been correct :)
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