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Palm Digital Media Wins Best eBook Publisher Award from Handheld Computing Magazine



SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 8, 2002 -- Palm, Inc. (Nasdaq: PALM) today said that Palm Digital Media was named Best eBook Publisher by Handheld Computing Magazine when it announced its list of Best Palm Powered(TM) Products of the Year for 2001 on Thursday.

The annual awards highlight the best Palm Powered products released during the past year, including devices, peripherals, software and accessories. The winners are chosen by the magazine's editorial team who evaluate the products based on a variety of factors, including innovation, design, accessibility and appeal.

Palm Digital Media won top honors in its category for what the editors call the "amazing" quality and selection of its electronic books. Palm Digital Media offers more than 4,000 eBooks from most major U.S. publishing houses.

"It's an honor to be recognised by a magazine that is focused completely on the interests of handheld computer users," said Mike Segroves, director of business development for Palm Digital Media. "With an average about 1,000 new customers a week, we continue to expand our range of eBooks and magazines to give them the widest selection possible in a format that is easy to download and provides a number of customisable features to make their experience enjoyable and comfortable."

The eBooks are available for reading with Palm Reader(TM), recent winner of Pocket PC magazine's Best Product award for eBook Readers. Palm Reader runs on Palm Powered handhelds using Palm OS(R) 3.0 and higher, as well as on Pocket PC handhelds. Also available is Palm Reader Pro, the next-generation eBook reader that features a built-in Webster's New World Dictionary and a collection of new fonts from Agfa Monotype Corporation, one of the leading providers of digital content for graphics professionals.

Palm eBooks are available at www.palm.com/ebooks. The eBooks are available for purchase and immediate download 24 hours a day. Most Palm Reader eBooks take less than two minutes to download and require only a few hundred kilobytes of available memory on the reader's handheld computer.

About Palm, Inc.

Palm, Inc. is a pioneer in the field of mobile and wireless Internet solutions and a leading provider of handheld computers, according to IDC (December 2000). Based on the Palm OS® platform, Palm's handheld solutions allow people to carry and access their most critical information with them wherever they go. Palm(TM) handhelds address the needs of individuals, enterprises and educational institutions through thousands of application solutions.

The Palm OS platform is also the foundation for products from Palm's licensees and strategic partners, such as Franklin Covey, HandEra (formerly TRG), Handspring, IBM, Kyocera, Sony, and Symbol Technologies. Platform licensees also include Acer, Garmin, Nokia and Samsung. The Palm Economy is a growing global community of industry-leading licensees, world-class OEM customers, and more than 160,000 innovative developers and solution providers that have registered to develop solutions based on the Palm OS platform. Palm went public on March 2, 2000. Its stock is traded on the Nasdaq national market under the symbol PALM. More information is available at www.palm.com

Palm OS is a registered trademark, and Palm is a trademark of Palm, Inc. or its subsidiaries.





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