Berlin, Paris and London Events Scheduled for May

SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- With more than 44,000 members of the Palm OS(R) development community in Europe, PalmSource, Inc. announced it will host two-day developer conferences in Berlin, Paris and London. Called the PalmSource(R) Europe Forum Series, the conferences will help developers take full advantage of the potential of Palm OS, the leading platform that in the last year alone has powered 1.25 million of the mobile devices sold in Western Europe (1). Independent software vendors, corporate in-house developers and systems integrators will learn about the advanced wireless, security and multimedia capabilities of Palm OS 5, the latest version of the world's leading handheld operating system, created to enable a new class of handheld devices and smart phones.

"PalmSource is, above all, a collaborative event. With almost 400 European developers joining the Palm OS community each week, it's essential that as many developers as possible participate in the forums," said Gabriel Acosta-Lopez, senior director of Platform Development Services at PalmSource, Inc. "Bringing the forums to the developers makes it easier for them to learn about Palm OS 5, which is the foundation for building the next generation of mobile devices."

The forums will enable participants to do the following:

Keynote Talks: Understand PalmSource's vision and the competitive landscape for the growing mobile computing market.

Technical Sessions: Learn about Palm OS 5 and the roadmaps for the Palm OS, security, wireless and Bluetooth, and other emerging technologies.

Open Laboratory: Ask questions of Palm OS experts while testing applications on ARM-compliant processors.

Exhibition: See the latest devices from Palm OS licensees, as well as new applications and development tools.

Palm OS 5 Development Tools: Receive a Palm OS 5 Compatibility CD, with tools that will help reduce development time and take full advantage of the potential of Palm OS 5.

PalmSource Registration

Registration for the following forums is now open at www.palmsource.com/events/europe:

    13-14 May 2002 -- Berlin

    16-17 May 2002 -- Paris

    20-21 May 2002 -- London

    Palm OS 5

Palm OS 5 is the platform for the next generation of handhelds and smart phones. Where Palm OS 4 runs solely on the Motorola 68000 processor, Palm OS 5 runs on a range of ARM-compliant processors from Intel, Motorola and Texas Instruments. Now licensees such as Handspring, Palm, Sony and others can choose from a variety of processor speeds, from 70 megahertz to 700 megahertz, to build different devices at a gamut of price points. Even with multimedia, wireless and security enhancements, Palm OS 5 retains the small footprint, long battery life and modest hardware requirements for which the Palm OS platform is known.

More than 13,000 software programs run on the Palm OS platform, eight times more than any other handheld platform. Software programs that comply with Palm OS 4 application programming interfaces (APIs) are expected to work smoothly on Palm OS 5. Compatibility tools will enable developers to test their applications to ensure continued support for the 21 million Palm Powered(TM) devices sold worldwide, as well as to provide future support for new handhelds and smart phones.

About PalmSource, Inc.

Information about PalmSource, Inc., the Palm OS(R) subsidiary of Palm, Inc. (Nasdaq: PALM), is available at www.palmsource.com.

(1) Canalys.com -- Mobile Device Trends In Western Europe 2002 Edition.

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