A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY | 11
2000
2002
2003
2005
Palm is traded on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol PALM.
Palm set up a wholly owned subsidiary to develop and license Palm OS, which was named Palm Source.
Company merges with Handspring and renames to palmOne, Inc.
PalmOne purchased PalmSource’s share. PalmOne launched its new name and brand, reverting to Palm, Inc. ACCESS, which specializes in mobile and embedded web browser technologies, acquired PalmSource.
2009
2010
2011
2016
Palm announced the webOS operating system and Palm Pre smartphone and released with Sprint. Which sends Palm’s stock up high. While reviews were positive, launching with only one U.S. carrier proved to be a crucial mistake that limited sales.
Share price of Palm dropped to below US$4. Hewlett-Packard announced it would purchase Palm
HP announced that it would discontinue production of all webOS devices, including smartphones and tablets
Palm, Inc. is coming back!