We've already talked about the tremendous opportunities that will come from marrying Palm's award-winning intellectual property with HP's scale and financial strength. You can imagine the potential impact of turning the billion people who already use HP products worldwide into fans of webOS phones and mobile systems.
For me, what's equally exciting is the Palm team itself. Over the last couple of weeks, I've had the opportunity to personally meet a number of Palm employees, and I’ve been impressed with their passion for innovation, vision for the future and commitment to growing with HP.
I've also heard great stories about the Palm community's enthusiasm. And I recently met with Ben Galbraith and Dion Almaer from the Palm Developer Relations Team to discuss the opportunities that lie ahead for WebOS developers.
We're looking forward to the future. Please stay tuned to The Next Bench, our Twitter channels (@HP_PC, @palm) and Facebook pages (HP for Home, Palm) for updates.
Today is a good day. We developer's look forward to working with our new overlords and are excited about the things to come. We are a passionate bunch and we will do everything we can to help move things along.
Phil, it sounds like you are just as excited as the Palm team is ... and that makes me excited. As a WebOS developer, I'm looking forward to what HP's plans are with the platform. One thing's for sure, HP gained a passionate community today.
As one of the cheerleaders of the Palm WebOS community, I look forward to all the goodies HP/Palm will be coming up with. From the latest in technology (Phones and Slates) to your original lines of PC and printers. Please do not disappoint us, because I know what you are capable of.
Wow us with a marketing campaign that stops the others dead in their tracks. On a separate note, where are the carrots?
we would like and update to get the guys and gals warmed up.
YAY!!! I've been a loyal Palm fan for many years, I don't think you'll find a more loyal fan base than what Palm has grown over the years. Keep up the good work and give us something to continue bragging about!!!
As we all embark on this new journey together, I am really excited as to what this merger is going to bring to the table. New innovations, new hardware, and pushing the industry to new heights of what we expect these technologies to do. Palm is still an extremely powerful name in this industry, and with HP being behind them now, we are going to REALLY see what the Palm team is capable of.
I sincerely hope that the openness and strong sense of community sticks around in all of this as it is what we (the Palm community) love about it so much. We need to show the world what we are all about, and if we do...... its going to change the lives of many.
Thank you for the warm welcome. I've been a Palm fan for a number of years now, and was absolutely blown away when they unveiled the Pre (have one) and webOS. My dream is for HP to let Palm continue its excellent product vision and developer relations, and provide the channels, marketing, and manpower for it to flourish.
I look forward to what this new future holds in store. Glad to be along for the ride.
HP, you've been awesome in how things have gone so far! I hope to see what exciting things lie ahead and CAN'T WAIT for some new hardware! the Palm community is behind you 100%!
Good luck, Palm/HP. I've been a very happy owner of a Palm Pre since September 2009. WebOS is wonderful and I look forward to seeing it proliferate across many types of hardware. Can't wait to see what's in store for the new Palm!
From all of us in the Palm/webOS community, thanks for the shout out and we'll be doing our best to help HP and Palm dominate the smartphone and mobile devices market. Trust us when we say that when you give us something exciting to talk about it, we'll make sure it's heard by everyone.
All the best in creating something wonderful from two outstanding technology companies in HP and Palm!
From all of us in the HP Slate community: since this deal was rumored to be the reason for the total blackout of Slate news, could you please now FINALLY TELL WHAT'S GOING ON WITH IT?!?!?!? Even if the news is that there's no hope for a useful Windows 7 slate, it's dead... just let us know already!
Congrats on the merger. I'm out of contract with my provider currently and have been waiting with batied breath for a new Palm phone to come out. So please, please, PLEASE announce something new soon!
Congrats to HP and Palm, this is the first time i get stuck with a phone brand and the reasons are 1) WebOS is awesome 2)Palm demostrated that it was a company willing to listen it's customers and had great relations with them 3) Palm and WebOS community this guys rock!!! Cant wait until the next phone announcement i have my wallet ready and my sprint contract waiting for renewal!!
Thanks HP for keeping the name "Palm" and i'm looking forward for great productos. I own an HP mini and love it and i know that the new hardware for smartphones is going to be as cool!!!
Please remember countries like Costa Rica were we need unlocked phones!!!
Way back in 2001 I inherited my husbands Handspring Visor (which IIRC was running Palm software). It finally crapped out in 2007 (-ish), and I knew I wanted another Palm device. At the time there were rumors of a Palm smartphone, but no date certain for release. I traded down (way down) & bought a Palm Z100 just to manage my calendar & contacts.
I got my Palm Pre about 3 days after it was released & never looked back. I run the risk in my circles of being a Pre Fan-gurl. ;-)
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