What is Palm, Inc.?
{{otheruses4|the company|the operating system|Palm OS}} [[File:Treo700p.png|thumb|A Palm phone showing the current Palm Logo.]] '''Palm, Inc.''' is an [[United States|American]] [[computer]] [[company]]. It makes small [[handheld]] computers. Most of their computers have a [[handwriting]] [[recognition]] [[Software|function]] called ''Graffiti''. This is a part of the [[screen]] that can understand what is written on it. Palm computers can store [[contact]]s, [[address]]es, notes, and many other things. Another [[feature]], called ''Hotsync'', allows the user to have their personnal computer and Palm [[wikt:connect|connect]] to each other and be updated. On April 28, 2010, [[Hewlett-Packard]] announced that it had agreed to buy Palm for $1.4 billion.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100428/ap_on_hi_te/us_hp_palm;_ylt=AmDPFNKrUwsgRRecy_H_wHcEtbAF;_ylu=X3oDMTJobzNzaDVpBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMTAwNDI4L3VzX2hwX3BhbG0EcG9zAzIxBHNlYwN5bl9wYWdpbmF0ZV9zdW1tYXJ5X2xpc3QEc2xrA2hwaXNwYWxtc3NpbA--|title=HP is Palm's Silicon Valley savior in $1.4B deal|accessdate=2010-04-28|last=Metz|first=Rachel}}{{Dead link|date=September 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> == Name changes == Palm, Inc. has had its name changed several times. When they started out, they were called '''Palm Computing Inc'''. Later, in 2000, they changed their name to Palm, Inc. In 2004, Palm changed their name to '''PalmOne''', but later in 2005 they switched back to Palm, Inc. == References == {{reflist}} == Other websites == * [http://www.palm.com Palm's Website] [[Category:American computer hardware manufacturers]] [[Category:American software companies]] [[Category:Companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area]] [[Category:1992 establishments in California]]