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RE: You heard it here first
by Thom_Holwerda on Thu 18th Aug 2011 20:34 UTC in reply to "You heard it here first"
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Mark my words: HP is selling a massive patent portfolio. They own Palm, there're goodies there, and they have their own vault too.

Someone like Apple, Google, or MS is going to step up and clear out those mobile patents. Sadly, that's the world as it exists today.

There's NO way they develop the incredible Touchpad, Pre, and WebOS 3 and then walk away in mere weeks. Something's afoot.

It could very well be that Apple or Google or Microsoft is going to buy Palm's entire patent portfolio. Remember: the TouchPad and Pre 3 were already in development long before HP bought the company - HP has done ZERO to make new products for Palm.

This could all have been an elaborate ploy to sell off Palm's IP assets ate huge markups one of these weeks.

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