Ten Years. One Vision. Founded by Jeff Hawkins, and Joined Shortly Thereafter by Donna Dubinsky
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.
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