HP sells Palm trademarks; brand could be resurrected with new smartphones

[jamezr]

Could we see a new Palm smartphone in 2015?

Palm, the legendary smartphone and PDA company, might seem dead and gone, but it's now looking like the name "Palm" will rise again as a zombie brand. For a quick refresher: HP bought Palm for $1.2 billion in 2010. HP killed the Palm brand after about a year of ownership and stopped making WebOS devices entirely about a year-and-a-half after the acquisition. Since then, Palm has been pretty dead.

Lately, though, the brand has started to stir. The diehards over at WebOS Nation have been keeping a close eye on Palm.com, which recently stopped redirecting nostalgic visitors to hpwebos.com and started sending people to mynewpalm.com. The page shows a looping video of a Palm logo along with the text "Coming Soon" and "Smart Move."

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[mi7chy]

How about HP's iPaq trademark or at least charge a certain company borrowing a similar name?

 

[tbayrgs]

Looks like Alcatel bought the Palm name and that any new Palm devices will likely be running Android. Considering the reputation of Alcatel's devices, I wouldn't hold your breath for anything spectacular.

Palm could be coming back to life — as an Android phone from Alcatel

 

[FFR]

Palm is as dead as Nokia/Symbian.

 

[maflynn]

Palm is as dead as Nokia/Symbian.

In a sense I agree. While a different company may resurrect the name Palm, its not really a Palm. They're dead and buried.

HP really screwed up with Palm, they had so much going for them on this and they couldn't figure it out.

 

[ucfgrad93]

In a sense I agree. While a different company may resurrect the name Palm, its not really a Palm. They're dead and buried.

HP really screwed up with Palm, they had so much going for them on this and they couldn't figure it out.

I was so sad to see HP totally abandon Palm. I had several Palm devices and loved them. I would be very interested to see the Palm brand come back in some fashion.

 

[nfl46]

The Palm Pre was ahead of its time when it was released. Its shocking how HP messed up! That OS could have been amazing!