In April, HP agreed to buy Palm, maker of the nifty WebOS mobile operating system and abruptly stopped talking about its still unreleased Windows tablet.

今年四月，惠普同意收购尖端的网络移动操作系统的制造商Palm，并突然停止谈论仍仍未发行的Windows平板。

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HP said Wednesday it plans to acquire Palm for $1.2 billion , or $5.70 per share, which amounts to a 23 percent premium over Palm's actual stock price at the end of the day.

惠普在周三（4月28日）的时候宣布以每股5.7美元、总价12亿美元的价格并购了Palm，并在当日收盘时获得高于Palm的实际股价23%的收益。

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HP says it plans to use the Palm mobile OS on a variety of its mobile devices, including slates and Netbooks.

惠普宣称Palm移动操作系统可以用于各类移动设备，包括Slate式平板电脑和上网本。

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The transaction has been approved by the HP and Palm boards of directors.

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To diversify further away, earlier this year HP acquired Palm, the proprietary PDA-smartphone maker, to launch its own-branded smartphones, effectively competing directly against Nokia, Apple, Motorola, Samsung and Dell.

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It is not clear how many copies it sold before HP and Palm but WebOSNation, which monitors the use of Palm smartphones, estimates it was downloaded only 84 times before it was pulled.

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