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Press Release
Nokia and Palm Computing to Combine Expertise
Palm Computing announced Wednesday, October 13, a broad licensing and joint development agreement with Nokia to create a new pen-based product category. Nokia, the world's leading mobile phone supplier, and Palm Computing, the world's leader in handheld computing, will join their respective expertise to expand the Palm OS® operating system as a platform for smart
phones, combining wireless voice and data access with mobile information management and handheld organizer capabilities.
- Consumers will get all the benefits of a pen-based wireless device, integrating telephony with data applications, AND all the personal and professional information management capabilities they find today in the Palm™ devices. They'll also have access to the rich library of software applications developed for Palm organizers.
- The community of thousands of software developers will see a whole new range of application opportunities.
- The industry and third-parties will benefit from a powerful, extended Palm OS platform, enabling a new class of pen-based wireless products.
"This is part of our strategy to make the Palm Computing platform the leading way for people to access and manage the information that is critical to their businesses and to their lives," said Palm Computing president Alan Kessler. "This is also an exciting new opportunity for the Palm Economy. It will provide an innovative, flexible foundation for our licensees and thousands of developers to expand the mobile information management market into new territories worldwide."
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