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LAS VEGAS (dpa-AFX) – Palm (Profil) will mit einem neuartigen Mobiltelefon ein Comeback starten und die Vorherrschaft des iPhone und des Blackberry im Smartphone-Markt brechen. Der Taschencomputer-Pionier präsentierte am Donnerstag (Ortszeit) auf der Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas den Palm Pre, der mit dem neu entwickelten System "WebOS" läuft. Die Börse reagierte euphorisch auf die Ankündigung und trieb den Aktienkurs von Palm um rund 35 Prozent nach oben. "Diese Plattform wird die Basis für Innovationen der kommenden Dekade sein", sagte Palm-Chef Ed Colligan.
Das neue Telefon soll im ersten Halbjahr 2009 auf den Markt kommen und wird in den USA zunächst exklusiv vom Mobilfunkprovider Sprint und später in einer UMTS-Version in anderen Regionen angeboten. Ein genauer Starttermin und Kooperationspartner für den deutschen Markt wurden noch nicht genannt. Branchenkenner erwarten aber eine Zusammenarbeit mit Vodafone.
Das Team, das den Palm Pre entwickelt hat, wurde von Jon Rubinstein angeführt, der bei Apple entscheidend an der Entwicklung des Musikplayers iPod beteiligt war und bis zum Sommer 2006 die iPod- Abteilung von Apple geführt hatte. Das neue Palm-Betriebssystem wurde von Grund auf neu entwickelt und setzt im Kern Standard-Technologien wie beispielsweise CSS, XHTML und JavaScript ein, die bereits heute in der Entwicklung von Webanwendungen eine entscheidende Rolle spiele.
Im Gegensatz zum iPhone von Apple verfügt der Palm Pre über eine ausziehbare Tastatur und kann mehrere Anwendungen gleichzeitig laufen lassen. Ähnlich wie eine elektrische Zahnbürste kann das Smartphone ohne eine Kabelverbindung induktiv an ein Ladegerät angekoppelt und aufgeladen werden. Das System des Palm Pre führt Informationen aus persönlichen E-Mail-Konten und Kontaktlisten mit Daten aus Sozialnetzwerken wie Facebook oder Flickr zusammen.
"Palm steht an einem Scheidepunkt in seiner Unternehmensgeschichte", sagte Lawrence Harris, Analyst bei CL King & Associates in New York. "Dies ist wirklich die beste Gelegenheit. Eine zweite Möglichkeit wird es vielleicht nicht mehr geben." Palm hatte Mitte der neunziger Jahre mit dem Pilot den ersten erfolgreichen PDA (Personal Digital Assistent) auf den Markt gebracht und später sein Angebot auf Mobiltelefone ausgeweitet.
Die sinkende Nachfrage nach dem Smartphone Treo und der Erfolg von Konkurrenzprodukten wie dem Blackberry und dem iPhone brachten Palm aber 2006 in eine Schieflage. Im Jahr 2007 stieg der Investor Elevation Partners LP ein, übernahm 25 Prozent der Firmenanteile und holte Rubinstein als Executive Chairman zu Palm. Im vergangenen Monat stockte Elevation Partners seine Anteile um weitere 100 Millionen Dollar auf und verschaffte dem Unternehmen damit genügend Barreserven, um die Markteinführung des Palm Pre abzuschließen./cd/DP/tw
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Posted by: landm19 Date: Friday, April 09, 2010 7:56:44 AM
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PALM - It looks like HTC may be in talks to acquire Palm, as per media reports. http://bit.ly/c6ajma
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Palm ist wiedermal ein gutes Beispiel wie viel man von den "großen Analysten" halten soll !
Nämlich gar nichts.
Da wurden Kurziele sage und schreibe > 0 < ausgesprochen.
Jetzt gilt Palm als lukrativer Übernahme-Kandidat und hat 50 % gut gemacht! (auch zur Freude meines Kontos).
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Comments (0) Text Size: A A Print Email Share After persistent rumors that several suitors might be interested in the ailing Palm (NSDQ: PALM), now Bloomberg is reporting that the company has put itself up for sale and is seeking bids as early as this week.
According to three people familiar with the situation, Bloomberg said the company has hired Goldman Sachs and Frank Quattrone’s Qatalyst Partners to find a buyer. In the past week, HTC and Lenovo were identified as two of the companies that may be potential bidders. The sources said Dell also looked at deal, but decided to pass. On Friday, Palm’s stock jumped based on rumors that the Pre-maker may receive a takeover offer. The company’s market value now hovers around $870.8 million. Bloomberg said a Palm spokeswoman declined to comment.
The company has launched two products to fairly rave reviews, but has failed to gain significant market traction. It was criticized for partnering initially with Sprint (NYSE: S) Nextel, which was having its problems of its own, and then the handset-and OS-maker blotched its launch with Verizon Wireless. It now has a significant backlog of unsold devices, and is facing a cash shortage.
Still, CEO Jon Rubinstein made the point in a recent interview that Palm was a turnaround story and would have been dead in the water with out the new webOS, which is a valuable asset. In the company’s previous earnings call, Rubinstein dismissed the idea that the company could be up for sale, and said that if any offers were serious, he’d be obligated to bring them to the board’s attention.
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News for 'PALM' - (DJ Palm Hires Goldman Sachs, Qatalyst For Possible Sale - Bloomberg)
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Palm Inc. (PALM) has tapped Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) and Qatalyst Partners to seek bids for the company as early as this week, Bloomberg News reported on its Web site Sunday, citing three people familiar with the situation.
HTC Corp. (HTCXF), Lenovo Group (LNVGY) and Dell Inc. (DELL) have been rumored to have explored purchasing Palm, reports said, although Dell won't be making an offer, two of the people told Bloomberg.
Palm spokeswoman Lynn Fox declined to comment, while Qatalyst's Sally Palmer and Goldman Sach's Andrea Rachman didn't immediately respond to requests for comment, according to Bloomberg.
Full story: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/...01087&sid=arvXvuu.DqW4&pos=3
Could be a Very Interesting Week...Got Tickets?!...
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* Palm declines to comment
* Seeking offers as early as this week -Bloomberg
* Working with Goldman, Qatalyst Partners -Bloomberg
* Loss-making Palm long seen as a takeover target
* Frankfurt-listed Palm shares up 8 pct in few trades
(Adds Palm no comment, Frankfurt shares, analyst, background)
April 12 (Reuters) - Palm Inc (PALM.O), the loss-making smartphone maker, is looking to sell itself and is seeking bids for the company as early as this week, Bloomberg said, citing three people familiar with the situation.
A spokesman for Palm in Europe declined to comment.
Palm, which makes the Pre and Pixi phones and develops WebOS phone software, is working with Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS.N) and Qatalyst Partners to find a buyer, the agency said.
Frankfurt-listed Palm shares (PALM.F) rose 8 percent on Monday, but in a few trades.
Palm's shares had jumped on Friday, capping a volatile week in which the smartphone maker's stock seesawed on takeover rumours and options market chatter. [ID:nN09112835]
On Friday, Taiwan's Economic Daily News said that HTC Corp (2498.TW), the world's No. 5 smartphone maker has, "opened discussions about an intent to acquire" Palm.
Palm has for years been mentioned as a potential takeover target for much larger companies -- such as Lenovo Group (0992.HK) [ID:nLDE63205T] -- hoping to enter the mobile market or expand their presence.
"Palm's limited scale, distribution and weak global brand outside the United States all point to a takeover as the next chapter in the Palm story," said CCS Insight analyst Geoff Blaber.
"The company has developed a highly valuable asset in webOS. The challenge for Palm is finding a buyer prepared to pay a premium for an immature platform when many potential suitors have already invested heavily in Android," Blaber said.
In the past, technology companies Dell Inc (DELL.O) and Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O), and handset manufacturer Nokia (NOK1V.HE) and Motorola Inc (MOT.N) have all been named as potential suitors. [ID:nN23396446]. (Reporting by Sakthi Prasad in Bangalore and Tarmo Virki in Helsinki; Editing by Lincoln Feast and Erica Billingham)
http://www.reuters.com/article/idCNLDE63B0B520100412?rpc=44
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15.04.2010, OsnabrückSo wie es momentan den Anschein hat, können sich die Verbraucher im Monat April noch auf etwas Besonderes freuen. Denn Telefònica o2 und Vodafone bringen ab dem 28. dieses Monats die neuesten Smartphones von Palm auf den deutschen Markt. Einige Verbraucher denken jetzt sicherlich an das Palm Pre, welches von o2 vertrieben wird. Palm Pre Plus und Palm Pixi PlusUnd jetzt stehen die Nachfolger von diesem Handy quasi bereits in den Schlaglöchern; hierbei handelt es sich um das Palm Pre Plus, sowie um das Palm Pixi Plus. Bei den beiden Smartphones ist jetzt aber nicht nur o2 „mit von der Partie“, sondern ebenfalls Vodafone (im Gegensatz zum Palm Pre). Palm selbst konnte in letzter Zeit allerdings lediglich enttäuschende Verkaufszahlen vorlegen. Das ging sogar soweit, dass es Spekulationen und Gerüchte um einen etwaigen Verkauf des Unternehmens gegeben hatte. Palm stellte jedoch fest, dass man hierzu keine Stellung nehmen wird. Denn das Hauptaugenmerk würde darauf liegen, Smartphones herzustellen, welche den Nutzern zusagen. Generell hört sich diese Aussage ja eigentlich gut an. Denn schließlich liegt das auch im Sinne der Verbraucher. Vor ein paar Tagen konnte dann sogar die Aktie von Palm Inc. an der Börse (Nasdaq) in New York um mehr als 30 Prozent hochklettern. Wie der Erfolg mit den beiden neuen Handys ausfallen wird, das bleibt natürlich erst einmal abzuwarten. Immerhin hatte Palm im Januar des Jahres 2009 ein Smartphone-Modell vorgestellt, welches das neue Betriebssystem „WebOS“ innehat. Vodafone und o2 sollen die Smartphones vertreibenIn diversen Testberichten konnte dieses Handy sogar Bestnoten erreichen. Allerdings gab es hierbei ein Problem; der kommerzielle Erfolg mit den technischen Innovationen des Handys ist nicht wie gewünscht ausgefallen. Obwohl das Palm Pre für viel Gesprächsstoff gesorgt hat. Es ist bestimmt davon auszugehen, dass Vodafone und o2 dafür Sorge tragen werden, dass die beiden neuen Smartphones einen hohen Bekanntheitsgrad entwickeln werden. Wie aber die Verkaufszahlen hierbei ausfallen, das wird die Zeit zeigen. Autor: Redaktion fastline |
"What Does This Hedge Fund Know About Palm? "
summary: "It might know that Palm is too valuable for HTC to pass up."
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While two Wall Street analysts have decided that Palm's (Nasdaq: PALM) shares are worth as much as a limited-edition Tyler Green rookie card (which is to say, nothing), one big hedge fund has a very different opinion. Maybe this fund knows something about Palm's future that the rest of us don't, but it's also possible that it just understands a fact that many other investors are also aware of: Palm can still be pretty valuable in the right hands.
The news of Harbinger Capital's giant stake in Palm, which stood at 9.48% at the end of March, comes when Wall Street's sentiment toward the company has turned deeply negative. Not only have Morgan Joseph & Co's. Ilya Grozovsky and Canaccord Adams' Peter Misek given Palm a price target of $0, but only two of the 28 analysts covering the company (according to Thomson/First Call) rate its shares a buy. If I thought Palm would continue trying to slug it out in a fiercely competitive smartphone market, I might agree with the pessimists. But since the company has already hired Goldman Sachs to help it find a buyer, it looks as if Palm has resigned itself to being another storied tech pioneer that couldn't stay independent anymore. And in that context, I think the company is anything but worthless.
I think the best historical comparison here is IBM's (NYSE: IBM) 2005 sale of its PC division to China's Lenovo Group for $1.75 billion. Like Palm, IBM's PC division was both bleeding cash and losing market share to hungry competitors, a situation that led some to think the business couldn't be sold. But also like Palm, the unit had smart engineers, some well-known brands, a strong patent portfolio, and a decent North American presence. Put into the hands of a low-cost Asian manufacturer such as Lenovo, those assets ended up being pretty valuable: Gartner estimated that Lenovo's global PC market share stood at 8.3% in the first quarter, up from 6.6% a year before, and good for fourth place overall.
Why HTC needs to act
So which company can play the role of Lenovo for Palm? Like my colleague Rich Smith, I'm skeptical that it'll be Lenovo itself. But I think either Huawei Technologies or HTC could work. Both companies have been rumored to covet Palm, have the cash to pull off an acquisition, and could quickly bring down the company's manufacturing costs. But while Huawei could benefit from buying Palm -- especially if it gets Palm's engineers working on some good Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) Android phones -- HTC simply needs to make a deal happen, for a few reasons:
- HTC's smartphone lineup gets an immediate branding boost. To put it mildly, HTC's brand power isn't at the same level as that of Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) or a Nokia (NYSE: NOK). Perhaps Palm's brand isn't, either, but the company's legacy does give it some additional value.
- Palm's technology could be ported to HTC's existing phones. HTC has had some success in differentiating its Android and Windows Mobile phones from the pack through its Sense user interface. But integrating some of the neat features in Palm's webOS operating system, such as its live application previews and cascading notifications, would take the company much further.
- Apple, Apple, Apple. There's a big reason Steve Jobs chose to send his lawyers after HTC instead of, say, Motorola (NYSE: MOT) or Samsung: Those companies could probably sue Apple for patent infringement as easily as Apple could sue them. With Palm's patents in the picture, Jobs might have a weaker hand against HTC going forward.
Palm's hopes for reliving its glory days as a smartphone leader may be shattered, but this doesn't mean a company such as HTC won't assign it a price tag well north of $0. I'm guessing that Harbinger Capital is well aware of that.
What Palm’s Patents are Worth!
Amid all the doom and gloom, rending and gnashing of teeth (and that is just Dan), and so on that is going on today we get this little tidbit about an upcoming event that Palm is presenting at this May.
The event is called the MDB Capital Group’s Bright Lights Conference and will be held on May 11, 2010 in San Fran. So why do we care? Well, the Bright Lights event is for the top leaders in intellectual property (aka IP and often referred to as patents).
Seriously…why do we care? During this event some of the leading authorities on patents and their market value will be presenting what they believe Palm’s portfolio is worth. Here is a sneak peak.
Pete Conley, Managing Director of MDB Capital, will also present his analysis of Palm’s IP portfolio and the value of its technology pipeline, using MDB Capital’s proprietary PatentVest IP intelligence platform. ”Palm’s IP is ranked in the 99.5th percentile of over 4,000 companies rated by PatentVest,” said Mr. Conley. “Based on PatentVest’s comparative valuation analysis, we believe the value of Palm’s IP alone is worth between $8 -$9 per share.“
Considering Palm’s stock has been hovering between $4 – $5 right now…anyone thinking of buying some stock?
By Rita Nazareth
April 16 (Bloomberg) -- Shares of the following companies are having unusual moves in U.S. trading. Stock symbols are in parentheses, and prices are as of 9:45 a.m. in New York.
Palm Inc. (PALM US) jumped 3.31 percent to $5.58. RBC Capital Markets said that if the creator of the Pre smartphone is acquired, the WebOS software that competes against mobile operating systems may command a greater “strategic premium” and a purchase price for the company could be between $10 and $14 a share.
RBC Capital analyst Mike Ambramsky goes out a a limb on Palm Inc. (PALM), suggesting the struggling company could fetch as much as $10-14 a share, twice what most other analysts are predicting.
“If acquired, webOS may command a healthy strategic premium, given a ‘perfect storm’ of factors:
1) the frenetic ‘land grab’ in the huge, nascent Smartphone market;
2) rising Smartphone competitive intensity, with too many Apple/Google contenders;
3) the realization owning great software is key to leadership; and
4) carrier, OEM fear over Apple/Google’s growing power and threat of repricing down their businesses (Google Voice, iTunes, Nexus, etc.).”
Abramsky sees Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) as the best case acquirer for Palm.
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