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To speculate that they would be interested just because you don't like their OS and think their development team is too slow is also incorrect. I will agree th

To speculate that they would be interested just because you don't like their OS and think their development team is too slow is also incorrect. I will agree that their OS is lacking in many areas compared to many of the newcomers in this space, but that doesn't mean they run out and buy another failed phone OS for a whole lot of money in exchange a few features their rapidly growing team could implement or a smaller acquisition like their purchase of Torch Mobile could deliver. RIM's main focus is also more enterprise customers than consumer and the feature set demands of their customers are a little different.

Zev 16y ago
that doesn't mean they run out and buy another failed phone OS for a whole lot of money Has webOS really failed?
SoftwareMaven 16y ago
I think saying WebOS failed is completely off-base. From everything I've read, WebOS was a very successful operating system. Rather, the company around the OS failed. From a historical perspective (not sure if it is currently true), Palm's customer base would have lined up well with RIM's, too.
tewks 16y ago
First off, the "another failed phone OS" comment is ridiculous. webOS is largely what HP was interested in. It's been developed in a few years by a fairly small team and has obviously added a significant amount of value to the company and the resulting sale price. It seems like a great OS to use; I don't own a palm device. Both critically and financially it has been a success. This whole discussion is speculation... Once can objectively state that RIM is pretty far behind in delivering a modern mobile OS, even those targeting enterprise customers. I didn't even mention the fact that application development for the platform is somewhat of a nightmare, something that will be increasingly important to a CIO. Regardless, arguably, the consumer market is in fact a lot more important to the company both today and going forward than you've made note of. Look at the company's marketing material: it is generally centered around media playback or BBM. Buying Palm, porting BBM to WebOS, and slapping the Blackberry logo onto the Pre and Pixi would be a pretty easy way to improve their position in the consumer market.

Zev 16y ago

that doesn't mean they run out and buy another failed phone OS for a whole lot of money Has webOS really failed?

SoftwareMaven 16y ago

I think saying WebOS failed is completely off-base. From everything I've read, WebOS was a very successful operating system. Rather, the company around the OS failed. From a historical perspective (not sure if it is currently true), Palm's customer base would have lined up well with RIM's, too.

tewks 16y ago

First off, the "another failed phone OS" comment is ridiculous. webOS is largely what HP was interested in. It's been developed in a few years by a fairly small team and has obviously added a significant amount of value to the company and the resulting sale price. It seems like a great OS to use; I don't own a palm device. Both critically and financially it has been a success. This whole discussion is speculation... Once can objectively state that RIM is pretty far behind in delivering a modern mobile OS, even those targeting enterprise customers. I didn't even mention the fact that application development for the platform is somewhat of a nightmare, something that will be increasingly important to a CIO. Regardless, arguably, the consumer market is in fact a lot more important to the company both today and going forward than you've made note of. Look at the company's marketing material: it is generally centered around media playback or BBM. Buying Palm, porting BBM to WebOS, and slapping the Blackberry logo onto the Pre and Pixi would be a pretty easy way to improve their position in the consumer market.