Mobile OS acquistion speculation grows

Release Date 31 Aug, 2011 in GoMo News

Samsung May Buy WebOS Forbes (blog) - 31 Aug, 2011 By MOBILEDIA Samsung may purchase HP's WebOS, in a move that would help the phone maker differentiate itself from other Android phone makers in the wake of Google's Motorola acquisition. HP recently announced it will spin off its consumer PC division ...
	Has Samsung set its sights on HP's WebOS? CNET (blog) - Marguerite Reardon - ‎Aug 29, 2011‎ Samsung may not be interested in buying Hewlett-Packard's PC business, but the company may be eying HP's mobile WebOS division, according to a report from DigiTimes. Jon Rubinstein introduces the HP TouchPad WebOS-based tablet. ...
Does Samsung Want webOS Instead of HP's PC Business? PC Magazine - Chloe Albanesius - ‎Aug 29, 2011‎ Earlier this month, Samsung emphatically denied plans to acquire Hewlett-Packard's PC business. But what about weboS? A new report from Digitimes says that Samsung has recruited Raymond Wah, former vice president of HP's Personal ...
Samsung 'mulls bid for' HP's orphaned webOS Register - ‎Aug 29, 2011‎ Samsung may be mulling over the purchase of webOS �" recently orphaned by HP �" in a move to protect itself from an increasingly unfriendly Apple and the threat of Google and its new toy, Motorola Mobility. Or so say "sources from notebook players", ...
As Samsung ponders webOS, questions of market support remain ZDNet (blog) - Andrew Nusca - ‎Aug 29, 2011‎ Summary: Samsung may be considering purchasing HP's webOS mobile operating system. But in a highly competitive market, it's going to need aggression �" perhaps in the enterprise �" to win. ...
Will we see Samsung webOS tablets and smartphones in the future? ZDNet (blog) - Matthew Miller - ‎Aug 29, 2011‎ Summary: Samsung makes beautiful hardware and webOS is a great OS. A partnership between these two could be a wonderful thing, don't you think? Samsung is currently number 2 in the global smartphone ...
	Why It Doesn't Make Sense For Samsung To Buy HP's WebOS ITProPortal - Desire Athow - 31 Aug, 2011 There have been some claims - within the ODM/OEM community in Taiwan - that Samsung is planning to buy HP's WebOS platform after the company's decision to get rid of its Personal Systems Group in the short term. But this doesn't really make sense for a ...
Video: Steve Jobs, Samsung's Galaxy ban & Microsoft lures WebOS devs - the ... PC Advisor - 31 Aug, 2011 Steve Jobs resigns as Apple CEO, a Dutch court bans Samsung Galaxy smartphones, Microsoft tries to lure webOS developers, Verizon Wireless announces plans for more 4G LTE networks, the US government fines Google 500 million, NASA's R2 robot comes alive ...
Samsung may resurrect WebOS SemiAccurate - 31 Aug, 2011 by Mads Ølholm It looks like WebOS may not be dead after all, even though HP has canceled the TouchPad, there are signs that Samsung (SEO:0059300) may be interested in buying the operating system behind the TouchPad. According to CNBC Samsung has hired ...
Samsung Passes On HP's PCs, But Is Interested In WebOS! 1590 KLIV Silicon Valley News - 31 Aug, 2011 PALO ALTO -- Just last week the chairman of Samsung publicly refuted rumors his company was interested in buying Hewlett Packard's PC division. But that doesn't mean they aren't interested in another piece of HP. The webOS business could be a better ...
	Samsung to Spend $9.3 Billion on R&D Mobiledia - Kendra Srivastava - 31 Aug, 2011 Samsung plans to spend $9.3 billion on research and development this year, as it looks to expand both its business and portfolio to fend off competitors. The Korean manufacturer has already spent half ...
Samsung Counters Google, Apple With Wave Phones Investor's Business Daily - 31 Aug, 2011 By IBD STAFF Posted 03:14 PM ET Samsung launched three smartphones that run on its own Bada operating system, two weeks after Google (GOOG) announced an acquisition that will pair the top operating system with a handset maker. ...
Video: Motorola Unveils Pro+ Smartphone Geared Toward The Enterprise TechCrunch - 31 Aug, 2011 Jordan Crook studied English Literature at New York University before entering the tech space. Prior to joining TechCrunch, Crook dabbled in mobile marketing and mobile apps as well as doing device reviews for MobileMarketer and MobileBurn. ...
Samsung May Acquire WebOS From HP Social Barrel - Solon Harmony Dolor - 31 Aug, 2011 After Hewlett-Packard announced recently that it will stop developing the webOS platform, a report from industry watcher DigiTimes says that Samsung may buy the proprietary platform from HP. Samsung is reportedly interested in acquiring HP's webOS ...
	Samsung to buy WebOS? TechRadar UK - Kate Solomon - 31 Aug, 2011 Samsung is reportedly mulling over whether or not to buy webOS, the beleagured Palm-created mobile OS that HP recently as good as cut loose. Although Samsung has declined to comment on the rumours, Digitimes reports that its 'sources ...
	Will Samsung buy HP's webOS? CNET UK - Sam Kieldsen - 31 Aug, 2011 The Internet rumour mill is grinding itself into a frenzy again. Its latest grist concerns webOS, the operating system used on the moribund HP TouchPad and Pre devices. Samsung is considering buying webOS, ...
HP plans OTA update for TouchPad as speculation rises over a Samsung bid for webOS Pocket Gamer.Biz - Keith Andrew - 31 Aug, 2011 It's nowhere near a picture of health, but webOS's future might have received a boost thanks to two separate developments. The first seems to be the last twitch of HP's corpse as it's confirmed it is to roll out an update for the ...
	Samsung To Invest $9. billion In R&D, Buy WebOS? OnlyGizmos (blog) - 31 Aug, 2011 by Annkur on 30th August 2011 Samsung has announced that their R&D expenditure for 2011 is expected to total $9.3 billion (10 trillion won,) and as much as 50% of that has already been spent. The Korean company spent a similar amount last year. ...
Is webOS Headed To Samsung? Techie Insider - Richard Pike - 31 Aug, 2011 With the demise of all the hardware that the HP webOS was running on this month, it raises questions as to what is going to happen to the HP webOS which in its former life was palmOS. There was great hope as to what it would do for HP, but the hardware ...
Samsung Pitches Hopes on Bada to Escape the Android Dilemma International Business Times - Carl Bagh - 31 Aug, 2011 Facing threat from Apple's legal wrangling and Google's acquisition of Motorola, Samsung for a moment turned its attention from the problem child Android to focus on its in-house OS, Bada. ...
Is Samsung fed up with Android? Investment U - Justin Dove - 31 Aug, 2011 When Google (NYSE: GOOG) announced that it was moving forward to acquire Motorola Mobility (NYSE: MMI) earlier this month, it raised important questions. The biggest may be how Motorola's competitors that use ...
Samsung Debuts Bada Devices, Invests Small Fortune In R&D. WebOS Included? paidContent.org - 31 Aug, 2011 Some details emerging today on a key angle in the Samsung vs. Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) fight, which underscore how Samsung is upping its game with its own products: today it was revealed that the company plans to spend as much as $9.3 billion (10 trillion ...
Rumor Has It: Is Samsung Looking to Buy webOS from HP? The VAR Guy - Dave Courbanou - 31 Aug, 2011 My favorite dubious rumors site DigiTimes.com has suggested Samsung is looking into buying HP's webOS division in an effort to combat Apple and gain a few useful Palm patents. My opinion? Sounds like a good idea for Samsung. Here's why … ...
Samsung Considers Buying webOS from HP? Gotta Be Mobile - Chuong Nguyen - 31 Aug, 2011 It looks like webOS may find a new foster parent in Samsung as HP still has yet to figure out what it wants to do with its $1.2 billion acquisition when it had bought Palm, according to new speculations brought forth by DigiTimes. ...
	Samsung to buy webOS? Mobile Computing News - 31 Aug, 2011 By Dean • Aug 30th, 2011 • Category: Industry News When HP announced they were canning their webOS tablet PC and smartphone efforts, with the news came the likely death of an exceedingly promising mobile OS platform. If Samsung has its way, though, ...
	Samsung touted as potential webOS buyer THINQ.co.uk - Paul Hales - 31 Aug, 2011 Samsung, as we wrote recently, is the US tech industry's new bogeyman. It's far too big and powerful for the liking of the likes of Apple or Intel, never mind HP or Qualcomm. While we didn't think much of the rumours that Samsung might buy up HP's PC ...
	Samsung could be interested in HP's webOS MyBroadband - 31 Aug, 2011 Derrick joined MyBroadband in 2011 as a junior journalist with a strong background in computer hardware and gaming. He is also regular columnist and hardware... Samsung has refuted reports that there are plans for it to take over Hewlett-Packard's ...
	Samsung rumoured to buy WebOS now TechEye - 31 Aug, 2011 The strokers of beards and the people in the know might have failed in their guess that Samsung was going to buy HP's PC business, but that apparently does not mean that the outfit is not going to want to buy one of the maker of expensive printer ink's ...
Samsung Mulls WebOS Acquisition, Hires Former HP Vice President ITProPortal - Ravi Mandalia - 31 Aug, 2011 Korean consumer electronics giant Samsung is considering the acquisition of HP owned webOS mobile operating system to take on Apple. Recently, Hewlett-Packard announced that it will no longer make devices based on webOS, abandoning its webOS based ...
	Samsung signs up HP ex-VP, may just buy webOS TechShout! - 31 Aug, 2011 By News Editor - As HP gets done with packing up its webOS device business, rumors have been saying Samsung plans to buy webOS fresh after hiring HP ex-VP of PSG marketing, Raymond Wah. Speculations have been hinting at Samsung's desire to compete ...