Only speculation, diogen, like the forum posts about dish and tivo. What I didn't hear was that Lenovo was interested. But not being a stock holder, in either hpq or Palm, I didn't really pay much attention. My interest now is how this acquisition may affect Apple or Google, two I do own.
If you wish to claim it was a complete surprise to everyone, and there was never any discussion, be my guest. Presently I'm too busy hunting for details on the oil spill, a subject that matters more to me than Palm.
What was a surprise was the timing, not who was interested in buying.