Company profile
- Industry
- Consumer electronics
- Founded
- 1992
- Headquarters
- Sunnyvale, United States
- Ownership
- Acquired by Hewlett-Packard in 2010; brand later associated with TCL
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Decisions on record
2 verified Decision Records on Palm, and the casebook each one belongs to.
| Fork date | Decision type | The story | Casebook |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Cannibalization Choice | Read the story → | Cannibalization Choice Casebook → |
| 2003 | The Fork | Read the story → | The Fork Casebook → |
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The analyses
The Cannibalization Choice · Growth & Portfolio
Palm's $54 Billion Debut Ended in a $1.2 Billion Sale, and the Wounds Were Self-Inflicted
On its first trading day in 2000, Palm was worth $54 billion — more than the parent that owned 94% of it. Within a decade HP bought the whole thing for $1.2 billion and killed it in 13 months. The killer wasn't blindness. It was self-inflicted.
8 min
The Fork · Decision Forks
Palm Bought a Broke Handspring in 2003 Mainly to Get the Treo
The Palm-Handspring story sells itself as a triumphant founder reunion. The filings tell a different one: Handspring was in 'dire financial situation' by 2003, its board split between a rescue financing and a merger, and Palm bought it mainly to get the Treo it had not itself built.
8 min