The Chinese giant TCL confirmed yesterday that is the new owner of the Palm brand (the historical pioneer in palmtops and smartphones), an operation that had leaked a few days ago but which lacked the formal confirmation .
The purchase of the brand does not include WebOS, the operating system that gave birth to the next generation of devices Palm, which HP bought in 2010 and since 2013 is held by LG, which used to their TVs.
TCL, which also owns the brand Alcatel OneTouch phone (and their own teams TCL) reported that created a company called Palm Inc., based in the US, and will seek support from the user community to create new devices, creating what he called the “collective project of larger scale seen in the industry,” although he did not specify when the new equipment will be available.
According to the company , betting retrieve the value of the brand and respond to the needs of their community with hardware, software and services; They did not elaborate, but clarified that they will not use WebOS but some other alternative (Android, most likely).
“Palm has always inspired affection and emotions. And that’s why TCL took the initiative to rebuild brand involving the Palm user community, “said the statement. .
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