HP has announced that it had bought Palm 1.2 billion, well ahead of Lenovo, which was the favorite. Palo Alto will acquire the shares of Palm for the price of $ 5.70 each. They were worth $ 4.67 at the close of trading Tuesday. HP said it intended to take advantage of the platform and webOS to increase its presence in the market for mobile customers by offering features like the "true multitasking" and synchronize information across multiple platforms.

It is interesting to note that HP has spoken of webOS, without once mentioning the flagship products of Palm in its release, namely the Pre and Pixi. Does this mean that HP will abandon it in favor of smartphones these models designed in-house? In any case, the announcement does not bode well for the survival of these models have been only very limited success. Reste It remains now is whether HP will keep the Palm brand or not. We know that he should in any case keep Jon Rubinstein, Palm's CEO, a position that is still unknown and the roadmap Palm remains unchanged for now. HP also seems to say would bring webOS on shelves and invest greatly in the OS, but it is still too early to have concrete details.

Palm said it was on sale in mid-April and last just three days ago, HTC has said he was not interested. Everyone was betting on takeover by Lenovo. HP creates surprise, therefore, remains now is whether it will be good.