Company Backgrounder
About Palm, Inc.
Palm, Inc. is a global leader and innovator of easy-to-use mobile products that simplify people's lives and help them stay connected on the go. The company offers a range of products — including Palm® Treo™ and Centro™ smartphones, Palm handhelds, services and accessories — to meet the needs of consumers, mobile professionals and businesses.
Palm products are sold through select Internet, retail, reseller and wireless operator channels throughout the world, and at Palm online stores (http://www.palm.com/store).
More information about Palm, Inc. is available at http://www.palm.com.
Palm® Products
Palm® Treo™ and Centro™ Smartphones
Palm's vision is that the future of personal computing is mobile computing. Today Palm smartphones — comprising the Treo and Centro brands — are available with the Palm OS® and Windows Mobile® operating systems, providing a great range of choices to help consumers, mobile professionals and businesses stay competitive in a continually changing market. But mobile computing isn't all about work, and Palm smartphones provide just the right mix of work/life balance to fit any lifestyle.
With carrier activation, Palm smartphones seamlessly combine a full-featured mobile phone with email, an organizer, messaging and web access capabilities in a compact yet easy-to-use device. In addition, Palm smartphones feature a built-in QWERTY keyboard for fast and efficient data input. The keyboard, five-way navigation button and other design features make it possible for you to get more done-in fewer steps and with just one hand. Palm smartphones are lightweight and small enough to fit in your pocket.
Palm smartphones are compatible with GSM and CDMA networks, giving customers a choice in mobile operators worldwide.
More information about Palm smartphones can be found at http://www.palm.com/us/products/smartphones/.
Palm® Handheld Computers
Palm offers a wide range of handheld computers that are powerful tools, whether you're managing your appointments, addresses and to-do lists or using your handheld computer as your office on the go. Palm has a handheld to fit every user's needs and help them get the most out of their day. Palm handhelds enable users to better manage their schedules, carry MP3s, digital photos and video clips or create and edit Word, Excel and PowerPoint compatible files.
More information about Palm handhelds can be found at www.palm.com/handhelds