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.