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Evidence of Palm's Merger with Motorola?

An industry insider told me a few months back that Palm would not exist in 2 years.

And Now this:
The Galleaon Group, a long/short hedge fund gobbles 6.345 millions shares of Palm, giving them a 6.2% stake.  Common sense tells us that they will not load up on Palm Stocks if they won’t see a
quick return that could come from a Merger.

Here are some more hints:
-Motorola has already purchased Good Technology, a core component of the Treos that is used by corporate clients
-Both Companies CEO's have been asked about a possible merger and both have never flat out denied it
Read Article here

http://biz.yahoo.com/seekingalpha/070213/26838_id.html?.v=1

Virgin America - A new way to fly?

For those of us who like working while flying, this might be the new way to fly if the Department of Transportation approves this new Airline.

See Pics at
Engadget

Leran More at
http://www.letvafly.com/

A hot company to keep an eye on: FieldTurf

A really hot company to keep an eye on is FieldTurf. Many football fans hear the term used a lot during broadcasts because many stadiums are switching from natural grass or astro turf to field turf. This company is poised for dominance now that their main competitor has filed for bankruptcy and they have patents already filed for the technology. It is now apparent that they will pretty much seal up all professional and collegiate sports entities. Doing more research shows that this dominance should extend beyond sports fields. Interesting use of their products include airports, playgrounds and general landscaping. It really will be interesting if their IPO goes without much hoopla so it can be cheap enough to purchase their stock. Check them out at http://www.fieldturf.com/

Can you make $1.65 billion if your office sits on top of a pizzeria and a Japanese cuisine?

That is YouTube's office on the second floor of a San Mateo building just before they sold it to Google for $1.65 billion

Image taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Youtubeheadquarters.jpg

A good time to buy Palm stocks?

If you got money to burn, this might be a good time to buy Palm Stocks. Why?
For one, it is pretty cheap. How much lower can it go than $16.26.?
Second, they have released a mass market device named the Treo 680. A device that should significantly expand Palm’s market from mobile professionals to you general consumer(mobile accomplisher). This is of major significance because it can potentially increase Palm’s customer base 9 times over.
While putting up numbers like the razr( 50 mill+) and ipod(over 40 mill) might be a stretch, this Treo could sell well over 10 million if Palm gets the marketing right.  The marketing of this device will be so crucial since this is a brand new customer base that knows nothing of the Treo experience. In recent months we have noticed Palm do some unique marketing, one of which is having the Treo appear prominently on hit tv shows(24), commercials and even rap videos.  So if all goes right and this Treo sells well, you could see your Palm stocks triple in value.