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Nokia-Palm buyout reports baffle some experts
From Info World
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Recent reports that Nokia is in talks to buy Palm surprise some analysts, who nonetheless said some type of buyout might make sense and could even be a good thing for customers.

According to news reports, the pioneering handset maker has been talking with possible suitors, and Nokia has emerged as the frontrunner for an acquisition, though investors might simply take the company private. Earlier reports said Motorola wanted to buy Palm.

Palm is profitable and increasing sales but faces tough competition and has stumbled recently. It has sold fewer devices than analysts expected in recent quarters, in part because of delays in getting products out, said Casey Ryan of Nollenberger Capital Partners in San Francisco. New products from Research In Motion and other rivals have also eaten into Palm's market share, Ryan said. The whole high-end phone category is drawing many new entrants with flashy devices, including Apple with its iPhone. Read More...
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New Device Records Video Directly To iPod
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iLuv has introduced a new device, the iLuv i182, that is designed to make capturing video for playing on an iPod easy. Videos can be captured manually or in increments of 30, 60, 120, or 180 minutes with resolution as high as 640 x 480, 2.5 Mbps.

The dock connects to any source with an S-video port and records video directly to the iPod’s hard drive. You can also save content to an attachable SD and MemoryStick card reader. Read More...
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