HP went to LG and Samsung in 2010, offering to sell them its PC division, but both companies turned down the offer,according to CNet’s sources. This was about a year before the companyofficially announced its plans to spin off its PC divisionand focus on enterprise solutions.
Soon after HP’s announcement,rumours began to circulatethat Samsung was looking to purchase the company’s businesses, but the Korean consumer electronics company quashed them by announcing that it wasneither interested in HP’s mobile devisionnor its PC business.
HP now seems intent on going ahead with its spinoff plans and has recently been running ads in newspapers promoting that move. IDC analyst Bob O’Donnell said, “What they’re doing is shoring up their position and trying to overcome the FUD that the corporate side of HP created.”
When HP announced in August that it was halting production of its webOS-based hardware products such as the Pre smartphone and Touchpad tablet, many were left to wonder if the company even knew what it was doing anymore.We took a behind-the-scenes look at the companyand found that there was a lot of uncertainty about what the company planned to do withits Palm divisionand its employees. Reports now indicate that HP is looking tosplit up the Palm software and hardware divisionsinto separate units, and the future of webOS remains unclear.
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Story byAayush Arya
Aayush is the India Editor & Apps Co-Editor at The Next Web. When not writing, he enjoys spending his time bungling about on Twitter or(show all)Aayush is the India Editor & Apps Co-Editor at The Next Web. When not writing, he enjoys spending his time bungling about onTwitterorGoogle+, and answeringemail.
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