Palm, Inc.

This article is about the company. For devices that ran on the company's software, see Palm (PDA). For the companion phone released in 2018, see Palm (companion).
Palm, Inc.
FormerlypalmOne, Inc. (2003–2005)
Company typeSubsidiary
Nasdaq: PALM
IndustryComputer hardware and software
Founded1992; 32 years ago (1992)
United States
FounderJeff Hawkins
DefunctJuly 1, 2010 (2010-07-01) (company)
2011 (2011) (brand)
FateAcquired by HP, retired use of Palm brand
SuccessorHewlett Packard Enterprise, HP Inc.
Headquarters
Sunnyvale, California
,
U.S.
Key people
Jon Rubinstein (Former SVP and general manager)
Donna Dubinsky
Ed Colligan
ProductsPalmPilot, Z22, Palm IIIc, Tungsten E2, TX, Treo 650, Treo 700p, Treo 755p, Treo 680, Treo 700w, Treo 700wx, Treo 750, Centro, Treo Pro, Palm Pixi, Palm Pre, webOS, Palm App Catalog, HP TouchPad
Parent

Palm, Inc., was an American company that specialized in manufacturing personal digital assistants (PDAs) and developing software. Palm designed the PalmPilot,[1] the first PDA successfully marketed worldwide, and was known for the Treo 600, one of the earlier successful smartphones. Palm developed the Palm OS software for PDAs and smartphones released under its line of Palm-branded devices and also licensed to other PDA manufacturers.

The company was also responsible for the first versions of webOS, the first multitasking operating system for smartphones,[2] and enyo.js, a framework for HTML5 apps. In July 2010, Palm was purchased by Hewlett-Packard (HP), and in 2011 announced a new range of webOS products. However, after poor sales, HP CEO Léo Apotheker announced in August 2011 that it would end production and support of Palm and webOS devices, marking the end of the Palm brand after 19 years. In October 2014, HP sold the Palm trademark to a shelf corporation tied to the Chinese electronics firm TCL Corporation.[3]

  1. ^ Roncaglia, Gino (2012). La cuarta revolución. ISBN 9789871868438. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  2. ^ Krazit, Tom (8 January 2009). "Palm calls it a comeback with the Palm Pre | Mobile – CNET News". CNET. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference cnet-palmcomeback was invoked but never defined (see the help page).