Palm, a pioneer in mobile and wireless
Internet solutions and the world leader in handheld computing,
was founded in 1992. In October 2003 shareholders of Palm,
Inc. voted to spin its PalmSource subsidiary off as a wholly
independent company. An integral part of this transaction
was the acquisition of Handspring, Inc. The combined companies
are known as palmOne, Inc. In May 2005, the company acquired
full rights to the brand name “Palm” and announced
that palmOne would change its name to Palm, Inc. The Palm
brand had been co-owned by PalmSource and palmOne since
the October 2003 spin-off of PalmSource from Palm, Inc.