What will happen to webOS, the mobile operating system HP purchased from Palm Inc. for $1.2 billion last year? That’s still up in the air. But we know one thing that’s not going to happen: Samsung has no interest in buying it from HP, according to its CEO Choi Gee Sung.
As he took the stage at the IFA consumer electronics fair in Berlin Friday, Sung emphatically denied his company’s interest in buying webOS. He insisted Samsung will “never” pursue such a deal.
Why not? For one thing, Samsung is showing off its own mobile operating system, Bada 2.0, ensconced in three new smartphones.
So who is interested in buying the currently orphaned webOS? Research firm Ovum Ltd. told Bloomberg that HTC and Facebook might be in the running for the operating system. Neither companies responded to Bloomberg‘s queries.
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As he took the stage at the IFA consumer electronics fair in Berlin Friday, Sung emphatically denied his company’s interest in buying webOS. He insisted Samsung will “never” pursue such a deal.
Why not? For one thing, Samsung is showing off its own mobile operating system, Bada 2.0, ensconced in three new smartphones.
So who is interested in buying the currently orphaned webOS? Research firm Ovum Ltd. told Bloomberg that HTC and Facebook might be in the running for the operating system. Neither companies responded to Bloomberg‘s queries.
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