Palm to be acquired?

Unstrung is reporting that a deal to buy Palm is in the "final stretch." The question remains "who's the buyer?"

According to the article Nokia is the leading bidder, but Palm would rather have a private buyer. A Nokia-Palm merger could be interesting, but it would mean a lot more uncertainty given that they run separate operating systems with separate application services. Motorola is also reportedly in the mix.

Could we be heading toward the final days of Palm OS?