Ten Years. One Vision. Founded by Jeff Hawkins, and Joined Shortly Thereafter by Donna Dubinsky
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January 1992 Palm Computing, a pioneer in mobile and wireless Internet solutions, is Ten years. One vision. founded by Jeff Hawkins, and joined shortly thereafter by Donna Dubinsky. September 1995 U.S. Robotics acquires Palm Computing. Celebrities, including Nick Lachey, Spike Lee March 1996 April 2005 and Eva Longoria, become Palm customers, A significant milestone is Palm Computing launches the Pilot 1000, featuring 128KB of memory, reached: More than 1 million helping to create Hollywood buzz. capable of holding thousands of addresses, phone numbers, personal Treo 600 smartphones notes and to-do lists. This is the first of many products to deliver on are sold worldwide. the vision that the future of personal computing is mobile computing. March 1997 October 2004 Palm Computing’s second product—the PalmPilot—launches, The company launches the Treo 650 and over time its fast-growing popularity firmly roots the term May 2005 smartphone on Palm 0S. “PalmPilot” in popular culture. palmOne acquires sole rights to the Palm brand name and changes its company May 1997 name back to Palm, Inc. in July and forges 3Com acquires U.S. Robotics and therefore Palm Computing, a new category with the LifeDrive™ October 2003 a U.S. Robotics subsidiary. mobile manager. After spinning off PalmSource and acquiring Handspring, the September 1997 newly combined company Within 18 months, Palm Computing ships more than 1 million becomes palmOne. Pilots, making it one of the fastest-selling consumer electronics products in history. June 2003 November 1998 The Tungsten™ T handheld is Jeff Hawkins, Donna Dubinsky and Ed Colligan—the principals used to test the thinking abilities behind the development of the popular PalmPilot—join together of climbers in extreme conditions, to found a new company, Handspring. trekking more than 29,000 feet to the top of Mt. Everest. February 1999 The sleek, modern Palm™ V handheld redefines the handheld industry with a new icon…a product that January 2006 Sales of the Zire line strategically had zero additional features from its Palm and Microsoft create 2006 & Beyond surpass 3 million in predecessor. Message: style matters. history with the Treo 700w smartphone, The vision continues steadfast: The future bringing the Palm experience to the of personal computing is mobile computing. fewer than 18 months. Palm begins a provocative print Windows Mobile® platform, expanding With a decade of innovation, world-class and outdoor ad campaign with a to offer two platforms of smartphones. partners and millions of customers worldwide, watch what Palm does next. October 2002 bare woman, depicting the beauty Palm debuts the Zire™ and and simplicity in the product and Tungsten handheld lines, the human body. segmenting the consumer and mobile-professional markets. June 2000 December 2001 With Palm products becoming mainstream, Palm divides its hardware and they move onto the silver screen and are operating-system businesses April 2002 used in opening monologues including the May 1999 into two subsidiaries, Palm One step for man, one giant leap for Palm Late Show with David Letterman. Palm Computing gets people Solutions and PalmSource. as the Palm m125 handheld launches into connected with its first wireless space on the Russian Soyuz rocket. handheld, the Palm VII handheld. February 2002 The first Treo™ smartphones, the Treo 180 March 2000 and Treo 180g, begin shipping, combining May 2001 a mobile phone, email, and Palm OS The Palm IPO was one of Palm marks the debut the most successful IPOs in of the 10,000th Palm OS® October 2001 American business history. application Handspring announces the Treo smartphone, combining a mobile phone, wireless email, messaging and web © 2006 Palm, Inc. All rights reserved. Palm, LifeDrive, Palm OS, Treo, Zire, and Tungsten, stylizations browsing, and Palm OS organizer. and design marks associated with all the preceding, and trade dress associated with Palm, Inc.'s products, are among the trademarks or registered trademarks owned by or licensed to Palm, Inc. .