Andre Yoskowitz
23 Nov 2011 23:28
According to multiple sources, HP still wants webOS for one thing only, its printers.
The company acquired the mobile operating system when it purchased Palm in 2010 and recently shut down its webOS hardware division.
HP is actively looking for a buyer of webOS, which cost them $1.2 billion to purchase and $1.66 billion to run into the ground.
Because of their want to have the operating system on their printers, it has apparently become a sticking point with potential buyers that they must be able to license the OS back "on the cheap" for use in the printers.
Intel, Amazon and Qualcomm are said to be early stage potential buyers of Palm, webOS and all its patents, which are worth hundreds of millions on their own.