Palm Inc.
2010–2011 logo, after acquisition by HP
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| Subsidiary of TCL Corporation | |
| Industry | Computer hardware and software |
| Fate | Acquired by HP, retired use of Palm brand, new crowd-sourced phone use and a new team under TCL Corporation in Silicon Valley. |
| Founded | 1992 United States |
| Founder | Jeff Hawkins |
| Defunct | 2011 |
| Headquarters | Sunnyvale, California, U.S. |
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Key people
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Jon Rubinstein, Former Senior Vice President and General Manager Jeff Hawkins, founder Donna Dubinsky Ed Colligan |
| Products | PalmPilot, Z22,Palm lllc, 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 | TCL Corporation |
| Website | palm |
Palm, Inc. was an American company that specialized in manufacturing personal digital assistants (PDAs) and other electronics. It was the designer of the Palm Pilot, the first PDA successfully marketed worldwide, as well as the Treo 600, one of the first smartphones. Palm developed several versions of Palm OS for PDAs and smartphones. The company was also responsible for the first versions of webOS, the first multitasking operating system for smartphones, and enyo.js, a framework for HTML5 apps.
WebOS has been supported by HP, LG and the open source community. LG uses it for Smart TVs and smartwatches; Enyo is used by LG, Openbravo and many others to design iOS, Android, Windows 8, and webOS apps.
In October 2014, HP sold the Palm trademark to a shelf corporation tied to the Chinese electronics firm TCL Corporation. Shortly afterward, TCL confirmed its plans to revive the Palm brand on future, crowdsourced smartphones.
Palm, headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, was responsible for numerous products including the Pre and Pixi as well as the Treo and Centro smartphones. Previous product lines include the Pilot 1000, PalmPilot Pro, Palm III, Palm V, Palm VII, Zire and Tungsten. While their older devices run Palm OS Garnet, four editions of the Treo run Windows Mobile.
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