NEW YORK, June 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Palm, Inc. (Nasdaq: PALM), a leading provider of handheld computers, is center stage at TECHXNY, one of the tech industry's leading events, attended by more than 50,000 business professionals, here at New York's Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, June 26 -- 28.

The company's chief executive officer, Carl Yankowski, is delivering the show's opening keynote address this morning. Directly following the keynote, Yankowski will hold a media Q&A session to answer questions related to the keynote. In addition, approximately 20 third-party Palm Economy partners are launching products here at the show.

In the keynote, titled "Handheld Computing: Grass Roots to Corporate Standard," Yankowski will discuss how handheld computers, along with mobile phones and notebooks, broke the chains that tethered workers to their desks. Once a grass-roots trend among the technical elite, handhelds have found a place among mobile professionals and enterprises -- and are fast becoming a bold, new platform for managing the heart of business itself. Yankowski will provide a look at the technologies and innovations that are fueling this revolution, not just for the future, but also in the here and now.

"Palm has many solutions, services and partners here at TECHXNY. We are demonstrating our leadership in the handheld market -- both as a device maker and as a platform," said Satjiv Chahil, Palm's chief marketing officer. "Our wide range of products and partners target the expanding needs of our customers, from entry-level consumers to mobile professionals to large enterprises. This conference is a great venue to show business executives the vibrancy of Palm and the Palm Economy -- the pioneering spirit and innovation that continues to drive competitive advantage and the future of handheld computing."

A Palm press package outlining all the announcements is available in the show press room as well as electronically at http://press.palm.com .

Palm News at TECHXNY (See separate news releases)

Palm, Inc. and Panasonic, announced joint efforts to accelerate consumer and enterprise acceptance of the Secure Digital (SD) memory and Input/Output (SDIO) card standards.

Palm and PricewaterhouseCoopers announced that they have signed a global alliance agreement to provide mobile enterprise business solutions to Global 2000 customers. The companies will develop and market solutions based on Palm(TM) branded handheld computers.

Palm and Extended Systems Inc. announced that they have signed a Letter of Intent for Palm to resell Extended Systems' XTNDConnect Server Software as a Palm branded product by the fourth quarter of this calendar year.

Palm's Mobile Field Solutions reap benefits for businesses in all industries. Palm and Palm Powered(TM) handheld customers share the results of remote field solutions.

Two new surveys of handheld computing in Fortune 1000 companies -- conducted by the Winn Technology Group (June 2001) and Thompson Lightstone & Co., a division of Maritz Marketing Research Inc. (June 2001) -- indicate that a strong majority of the respondents (enterprise customers and decision makers) select the Palm OS(R) platform as their enterprise handheld platform of choice.

PTN Media and basketball-great Michael Jordan announced the Michael Jordan editions of the Palm m100 and m500 handhelds, which are available now at www.sportsauthority.com and at the end of June on www.jordan.palm.com. The Jordan Edition Palm handhelds also will be available at major retailers within the month, as well as at Michael Jordan's stores, including his restaurant in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and retail store at O'Hare International Airport. (Announced June 18, 2001)

Palm and SAP signed a global technology alliance that extends the reach of mySAP.com e-business solutions to mobile workers using Palm handheld computers. (Announced June 13, 2001)

Palm announced the Palm Bluetooth Card that lets users have quick, easy and secure local communication among Palm handhelds and other Bluetooth- enabled devices, such as mobile phones, laptops, printers, network hubs, and other handhelds. (Announced June 7, 2001)

Palm and Acer announced that Acer has licensed the Palm OS operating system through 2005. Acer will use the Palm OS platform to deliver its first Acer Mobile Device, expected later this year. (Announced June 1, 2001)

Palm TECHXNY Events:

Tuesday, June 26, 10:30 a.m., Special Events Hall -- TECHXNY opening keynote address by Carl Yankowski.

Tuesday, June 26, 12:30 p.m., Room 1D04 (next to the Special Events Hall) -- Media Q&A session with Yankowski following the keynote.

Tuesday, June 26, 5:30 p.m., Palm Booth No. 3404 -- Palm and Panasonic will host a reception and demonstrate software and hardware add-ons available for Palm handhelds.

Wednesday, June 27, 8:30 a.m., Palm Booth No. 3404 -- Palm's enterprise solutions team will host large business and institutional customers at an invitation-only breakfast meeting.

Featured in Palm Booth No. 3404 and Designed for Palm Handhelds Pavilion, Booth No. 3422:

Palm is demonstrating a wide range of Palm and Palm Powered solutions, including those from Palm Digital Media and Fidelity Investments, as well as a broad range of enterprise solutions such as corporate email and other business applications. The first SDIO add-on for the expandable Palm m500 series will be demonstrated along with Palm's popular new Palm m500 series handhelds. The two new models -- the Palm m500 monochrome handheld and the Palm m505 color handheld -- feature a Secure Digital (SD) and MultiMediaCard expansion slot about the size of a postage stamp, a new Universal Connector for hardware add-on modules, and Internet connectivity software.

In the Designed for Palm Handhelds Pavilion (Booth No. 3422), more than 62 Palm Economy developers are demonstrating their newest, innovative products for Palm handhelds and the Palm OS platform. Intel is introducing the Xircom 802.11 Wireless LAN Module for the Palm m500 series handheld computers. Also, in a first public demonstration, Portsmith will show an Ethernet cradle for the Palm m500 series. Rand McNally is debuting its Road Atlas expansion card, which contains road travel information for the 48 contiguous United States. Multimedia announcements include Shinei's Porteson MP3 player for Palm m100 and m105 handhelds and a new MultiMediaCard game card from Pocket Express.

Palm in New York

Show, restaurant and hotel information -- as well as schedules and exhibitors maps -- can be downloaded to Palm Powered handhelds from kiosks at the entrance of the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center.

Palm's presence can be seen not only throughout the show but all over the city of New York. There are 100 Street Beam Kiosks throughout the city, where people can beam free information and handy applications, such as SavvyCabby. This application calculates an estimated cab fare from different locations within Manhattan, based on the New York Taxi commission fares.

Visitors to a new art exhibit at the Brooklyn Bridge Anchorage, called "Massless Medium: Explorations in Sensory Immersion," can point their Palm Powered handhelds at the artwork and, via infrared beaming, receive special messages from the artists.

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(R) 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 approximately 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.

NOTE: Palm OS is a registered trademark and Palm and Palm Powered are trademarks of Palm, Inc. or its subsidiaries. Palm, Inc. uses the Bluetooth trademarks under express license from Bluetooth SIG, Inc., U.S.A. Other brands may be trademarks of their respective owners.

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CONTACT: Ronni Sarmanian of Palm, Inc., 408-878-2547, or rsarmanian@corp.palm.com; or Amy Nemechek of A&R Partners, 303-730-5755, or anemechek@arpartners.com, for Palm, Inc.