Palm, Inc.

Palm, Inc.

Company type	Subsidiary
Traded as	Nasdaq: PALM
Industry	Computer hardware and software
Founded	1992; 32 years ago (1992) United States
Founder	Jeff Hawkins
Defunct	July 1, 2010 (2010-07-01) (company) 2011 (2011) (brand)
Fate	Acquired by HP, retired use of Palm brand
Successor	Hewlett Packard Enterprise HP Inc.
Headquarters	Sunnyvale, California , U.S.
Key people	Jon Rubinstein (Former SVP and general manager) Donna Dubinsky Ed Colligan
Products	PalmPilot, 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	Hewlett-Packard (2010-2011)

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]