On October 23, 2003, PalmSource became an independent company that in turn licensed the Palm OS to palmOne.This may have been the beginning of the end for Palm, as it had just created the kind of division between hardware and software it had dealt with on the GRiDpad and the Zoomer (see Part 1). Palm acquired Handspring in a stock swap that was announced on June 4, 2003, initially calling the merged entity Palm Solutions before settling on the palmOne name in October 2003. This marks a new chapter in the story of Palm and the Palm OS. merged with Handspring in a mutual agreement by both companies. ![]() ![]() Handspring had been founded by several members of Palm Computing in June 1998 and was the second Palm OS licensee to ship product – and probably the most successful (see Part 3).
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