According to the San Francisco Chronicle, a source close to the negotiations said that Apple, Google, and Research in Motion all tried to acquire Palm.

The source stated that RIM pretty much had the deal in its hands, however, “had to work incredibly hard to blow it”.

BerryReview.com puts it best when they say that, even though RIM failed at buying Palm, they could learn a thing or two…  “Don’t hang onto a legacy OS so long that even a complete overhaul can’t save you…