Well, we can’t say we were expecting HP to step up and be the one to buy Palm , but here we are, getting ready to liveblog the conference call. The deal is worth some $1.2b, and we’ve heard that HP is “doubling down” on webOS, so we’re eager to find out what’s in store — and, quite frankly, we’re excited to repeatedly hear that it’s really, really true
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HP buys Palm: the liveblog
HP has just announced that it’s acquiring Palm to the tune of $1.2 billion, which works out to $5.70 per share of Palm common stock. The deal is planned to close by July 31, which marks the end of HP’s third fiscal quarter of the year.
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HP buys Palm
After all the hubbub and controversy caused by the release of SingPlayer for iPhone back in May, we knew it would take a serious change of heart for AT&T to reverse course on the issue of 3G streaming . The app’s super-conspicuous lack of 3G was one of the clearest statements around that the iPhone represented a level of data consumption that AT&T was fairly unprepared for, and that certain uses like VoIP over 3G and live video streams were just not going to fly
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AT&T letting SlingPlayer stream over 3G on the iPhone at long last