Would it be smart of Google to buy HTC? Many people speculated that YouTube would have been sued to oblivion had Google not bought them.
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The article makes a good point that Palm would be a good acquisition target with all its patents (they did rule the smartphone market for many years), relatively tiny market cap and uncertain position in the market (small player amongst many giants). It would be a bit out of place for google to buy them (ie buying a hardware company whose software can't fit in google's), although it may work as a talent (Jon Rubenstein) and patent acquisition in their fight against Apple.
WebOS is actually a very good target for hosting on Android. The philosophy is also compatible with ChromeOS.
its funny you say that, because I remember everyone saying that youtube was going to get sued into oblivion as soon as it was obtained by a company with deep enough pockets to make it worthwhile.
The deeper the pocket is, the further away the oblivion is.
Well, less "sued into oblivion" and more "sued for great profit".
The difficult spot for Google is that they have to sort out if they want to be the commodity mobile software vendor or get serious about hardware. Buying HTC would then make them a competitor to many of the companies that they're now trying to get on board with Android.