News Analysis: Buy palm smartphone business who benefits most

CNET Technology Information Network April 19 International report Lenovo really wants to take over Palm lethargic's smartphone business? Maybe。　　But there are other companies that can also profit from the deal. With the exception of formal, Palm seems to have no other choice. As the huge resources invested in webOS, Palm pre and Pixi did not produce the expected results, the chances of a comeback are getting lower. Palm sold only 408,000 handsets last season.　　Apple, by contrast, sold 8.7 million iphones over the same period. So who is going to save or buy palm? PC manufacturers are more likely. In addition to mobile phone sales over computers in the next few years, the first computer device the people want most in the developing world is mobile phones, so PC makers are bound to take action. In addition, Apple's success can be proven, smart phones and computers gradually converged, grab into the intersection of the two, is clever practice. Here are a few buyers who may be interested in buying Palm: Lenovo is not unfamiliar with Lenovo's acquisition of companies and technology from Europe and the United States and its continued operation of its brand. IBM's ThinkPad notebook continues to deliver sophisticated products under Lenovo's operations.　　But ThinkPad's main customer is the company, although Lenovo is also trying to expand the consumer PC market with products such as IdeaPad and netbooks, most of whose business is still corporate rather than individual consumers. Palm is a consumer brand and representative of mobile computing innovation in the US, but its overseas markets have been small. Lenovo is a well-known brand in China and across Asia.　　The acquisition of Palm does not, therefore, lead to Lenovo's main customers, creating a confusion of brand identity. Acer should be the least likely buyer because it bought a smartphone maker, E-ten, in 2008.　　Since last year, Acer has launched a series of smartphones in the international marketplace where its notebooks have been successfully built, but has yet to work with any US telecoms operators. Earlier this year, Acer also launched its first Android machine.　　If the device is successful with a free operating system, Acer will not have to pay to buy palm and its webOS software. Daldel already has a smartphone business of its own. At the end of last year, the company launched the Mini 3 smartphone but is currently locked in only two markets, China and Brazil.　　Aero, which was exposed last month, is rumoured to be using the Android operating system to sell in the US via at&t. Dell is a highly-likely candidate because the company is not only capable (as much as $11.88 billion in cash), and founder Michael Dell has said more acquisitions will be made in the future to expand its business. If you buy palm, Dell will not have to invest in developing its own operating system (with ready-made web OS), let alone a reliable brand. Dell's consumer sector, who dares to challenge Apple in design, is also putting more effort into changing market trends。　　In this regard, palm is a very attractive choice. Hewlett-Packard, although Dell may be very interested, it should be to join the war should be HP. With CEO Mark Hurd's success, HP is now flush with cash (13.5 billion dollars). As the world's largest computer maker, there is no sound consumer mobile phone strategy, it is very strange. Of course, they have ipaq products, but only for commercial customers, included in the entire enterprise products that include servers, workstations, and notebooks.　　IPaq Glisten is highly rated, but has only basic cell phone capabilities and cannot compete with the iphone or many Android machines. Nintendo Nintendo will buy palm? Not likely, but think about it. Their flagship mobile product DSI has a variety of features in addition to gaming. The company has not made it clear that it intends to launch a fully functional product like the iphone. But over the past few years, it has been argued that high-end smartphones such as the iphone and DS-like gaming devices are in conflict with the development path. The DSI uses WebOS? The idea is only a little bit crazier than a 3D screen.