Not only can Palm be used to generate, store, and process data, but it can also be used to download data from a desktop or laptop computer or from the Web, process the data, and then upload the new data. People can usually do the following things with a Palm:
1) personal information management: phone book, shorthand, to-do list, passwords;
2) reading e-books, including e-maps, comics;
3) an electronic dictionary;
4) audio-visuals, such as MP3s;
5) sending and receiving email on the Internet, and simply browsing;
6) Miscellaneous: calendar, home appliance remote control, public transportation inquiry, cell phone management, project management, forms, word processing, account management.
[edit]Palm OS
The Palm OS platform is an open software architecture that consists of a hardware reference design, the Palm OS operating system,
the HotSync data synchronization software, the SDK utility component, and a support interface.
Because of the open standards, the success of the Palm PDAs, and Palm's strong support for developers,
Palm OS has a large number of third-party hardware vendors, a surprising number of developers, and applications.
In layman's terms, it's a platform that gives you the freedom to discover.
The main feature of the Palm OS operating system is that it is known for its simplicity,
and Palm OS uses a simple graphical interface to accomplish information handling operations.
Moreover, Palm OS runs on fewer resources and has a faster processing speed.
Because of the simplicity of the system's internal structure, it requires very little space to store and run software.
But because PALM OS was designed with low power consumption and low hardware requirements in mind,
it seems out of place in today's rapidly evolving smartphone market.
And as of now, the development of its Chinese language platform has been very slow,
which has slowed down its development in the domestic market to a certain extent.
There aren't a lot of plam-based phones in China,
the more familiar ones are the palm Treo 680, Samsung I539, Lenovo P902, and the Tope G88, etc.
There are also a lot of other cell phones in China that use plam.
[edit]History of Palm
PalmComputing was founded by Jeff Hawkins in January 1992 in Silicon Valley, with the goal of successfully designing a lightweight, convenient, and user-friendly pen-based PC.PalmComputing spent time planning the company's capital raising and operations. PalmComputing spent some time planning the company's fundraising and operational strategies, and actively seeking partners. on June 15, 1992, Donna Dubinsky, then 35 years old, officially joined PalmComputing, although at first Donna's knowledge of the "handwritten portable computer" was limited. It can be said that "curiosity" is far greater than professional knowledge. However, Donna and Jeff became a perfect team. Jeff obtained $500,000 from Bruce Dunlevie's VC firm, which invested in GeoWorks, $300,000 from Tandy, and another $500,000 from other VC firms to start PalmComputing's first product program.
In October 1993, PalmComputing launched its first product, Zoomer. Unfortunately, it was still a pen computer that wasn't light enough or efficient enough to sell. Worse still, Apple's NewtonPDA was launched in August of the same year, capturing the market's momentum. Sadly, the two products were not successful, connected down to HP, GO, Sharp, Toshiba and other manufacturers to launch PDA products, have been defeated down one after another. Fortunately, PalmComputing still has the remaining funds available, not collapsed, and can still carry out a review of the new wash. So, from Zoomer's customers, they started to analyze the features of PDA products that are really useful to users. They found that 90% of Zoomer's customers owned a PC, and that transferring files and updating applications from a PC was very important. almComputing also found that the theme of PDA products should not be to replace the user's desktop PC, but rather to replace some of the simple functions of the traditional "paper". After much thought and deliberation, Jeff found two simple fundamentals that served as the basis for improving Zoomer's product development. These two principles became the major keys to the success of the PalmPilot product.
The first principle was to simplify the heavy burden of handwriting recognition systems, because Jeff believed that it was feasible for people to learn new strokes to work with machines. It was also impractical and unappealing for machines to cope with the complexity of people's handwriting. Therefore, Jeff invented the Graffiti input method, using a new special simple penmanship to input English, numbers, symbols, etc., so that people can efficiently and conveniently enter information, and thus make the computational burden of the recognition system much lower. Even later analysis revealed that learning Graffiti penmanship proved to be simpler than expected, and many users had fun with the novelty of the penmanship. The second principle was about size. How small is too small? Jeff boldly decided that he was satisfied with a size that would fit in his shirt pocket. This critical limitation made the new product's goal of simplicity a perfect success, as all features that could be sacrificed were eliminated, and all features that could be made "optional" were not necessary.
Three months after rethinking the market need, in August 1994, a prototype was built. Two small #4 batteries can start and long use, built-in four applications, including "schedule management", "phone book", "to-do management", PalmComputing decided to codename this revolutionary new product development project "Touchdown" and in April 1996, PalmComputing launched the "Touchdown" product. In April 1996, the "Touchdown" project was completed, and the lightweight portable PDA product, officially named "Pilot", was finally released. As we all know, it was a huge success, selling one million units within eighteen months of its launch, surpassing the best-selling records for color televisions and VCRs in the history of electrical appliances. Over the past three years, the "Pilot 1000," "Pilot 5000," "PalmPilotPersonal," and "PalmPilotPhysical" have been added to the list, "PalmPilotProfessional", "PalmIII", and in March 1999, the "PalmIIIx "PalmV", "PalmVII", "PalmIIIe" and other series of products launched in March 1999, it is said that the cumulative sales volume has exceeded three million units. It is said that more than three million units have been sold so far. The open architecture of the PalmOS platform has attracted many programmers to develop applications for the PalmOS platform, and now there are more than 10,000 types of shareware and freeware in circulation, with a wide range of excellent applications available at a rapid pace.
There are at least 10 million users of the PalmPilot worldwide, and with the introduction of the PalmIII, PalmIIIx, and PalmV models, users have evolved from the more specialized to the casual user. The percentage of new users appearing in newsgroups discussing tips and tricks has increased dramatically. Although Microsoft developed WindowsCE for the PalmPilot and invited many hardware companies to support the production of similar products, Palm still held 60% of the PDA market. PalmPilot: A Mobile Computer That Changed the Way People Live and Work From the online Pilot organizer to the TreoTM smartphone, Palm remains committed to the development of mobile computer systems
Ten years ago, Palm, Inc. (Nasdaq: PALM) launched the first online Pilot organizer with the Pilot, which combined calendar, contact, and to-do list features with the Pilot's newest product, the Pilot, and the Pilot. - (Nasdaq: PALM) captured the hearts of working adults with the first online Pilot universal organizer that combined calendar, contacts, to-do lists, and notes into a powerful 161-gram Pocket PC. Today, Palm has sold more than 30 million mobile computers,
while continuing to improve the public and private lives of people around the world, and staying true to its vision of the future: the future of personal computing is mobile.
The first Pilot notepad to hit the market, priced at more than 2,000 RMB ($9), was an unparalleled success because of two things: not only was it easy to synchronize with a desktop computer, it was also incredibly simple to use - what we often refer to as the Palm product experience. In addition to staying true to its design philosophy, Palm has continued to innovate and add new features such as e-mail, wireless Internet access, and multimedia capabilities - from video to music. The latest is the TreoTM smartphone, which combines the best of a Pocket PC and a cell phone in one device, and offers e-mail service through select global carriers(1).
Over the past decade, PalmTM products have been sent into space to gather data, have been active on Mount Everest expeditions, and have helped businesses close millions of deals with people of all ages, both young and old, winning the hearts and minds of consumers around the world. From doctors and real estate agents to students, celebrities, and even CEOs of major corporations, Palm products have been a part of everyone's life and work.
Multimedia footage: Includes audio, photos, and a Palm timeline at www.palm.com/anniversary. The audio section includes testimonials from Palm's founders, industry analysts, and employees who have worked at Palm for many years.
"To be honest, we were a little surprised that the first Pilot notepad was as successful as it was," said Mr. Ed Colligan, Palm's Chief Executive Officer. "But in my first conversation with Jeff Hawkins, he convinced me that the future of personal computer systems -- real personal computer systems -- will be highly mobile. That's why we designed Pilot, and that philosophy continues today. That philosophy continues today, and the Pilot and the many Palm products that have followed have become part of millions of people's lives - allowing them to stay in touch with their work and family, send and receive e-mail and surf the Web even when they're on the go, and carry their favorite files, music, photos, and movies with them. I'm y proud of what we've accomplished and even more excited about the future."
Over the years, loyal customers have purchased more than 30 million Palm products - including 3 million smartphones. Most of them are individual consumers who use Palm products to help them keep their lives organized and receive important information at all times. For the majority of these consumers, the Palm V handheld computer - with its elegant styling and high performance features - was the first product to appeal to novelty and fashion seekers, and has become the focus of the mainstream market. Other customers from the business and service industries - such as physicians - can also use the decision support software to improve the quality of care they provide to their stations and patients.
There are now more than 29,000 developers supporting products on the Palm OS(R) platform, and Palm is backed by innovative consumer and enterprise applications, as well as hardware peripherals such as keyboards, GPS units, and barcode scanners. When Palm added the Windows Mobile(R) platform as one of its smartphone platforms of choice, it also signaled another growth spurt for its team of developers.
Retailers, agents, and reseller partners around the world help market Palm Pocket PCs and Treo smartphones. Many of the retailers that have been with Palm since 1996 are still our best partners, including Circuit City, CompUSA, J&R, Fry's, and Staples: Palm also has a 10-year history of working with resellers such as Ingram and Tech Data, as well as distributors such as CDW, PC Connection, and PC Mall.
There are also telecom carriers that represent the top cell phone system providers and resellers in the world.
And employees who are passionate about communicating the company's vision that the future of PCs is mobile.
Their support not only gave the company more creative ideas, but also helped shape the trend of product development.
Today, Palm continues to offer a wide range of mobile computer systems - from the simplest, most attractive universal organizer, priced under $900 (US), to the most powerful wireless PDA - with a focus on smartphones. These powerful smartphones allow customers to send and receive email, access personal data such as contacts and calendars, listen to music, take and share photos, and, with the aid of additional software, watch live TV shows, listen to podcasts, or post them to their personal blogs.
Palm has also attracted a large number of corporate users. More than 8,000 companies with Treo smartphones have GoodLinkTM from Good Technology as their standard corporate email software. Currently, 40 percent of the Fortune 1000 companies are using Treo smartphones, and another 35 percent are testing or piloting them. A recent study by Frost & Sullivan found that mobile professionals tend to prefer Treo smartphones over other vendors' products for a number of reasons: they have a wide range of built-in business applications, It's highly flexible, has a choice of operating systems, is powerful and easy to use.
Palm hardware development
Early Palm hardware was very simple, with a black-and-white display and all Motorola Dragonball processors. Now the latest Palm models no longer use the Dragonball processor, but the same RISC processor as the PPC. Processors used include Texas Instruments and Intel. Its expandability is also greatly enhanced, infrared and Bluetooth become the basic equipment, most of the models with color display, and SD card expansion slot, the later launch of the smartphone Treo Pro with Windows Mobile operating system has AGPS and Wifi.
November 2, 2004 PalmOne released the Tungsten T5 Pocket PC with 256M flash memory, twice the storage capacity of the largest Pocket PC on the market at the time.
January 17, 2005 PalmOne Tungsten T5 wins the Platinum Award from Silicon Valley Dynamics, the industry's leading IT portal, in the "2004 IT Products of Interest to Users" category.
In May 2005, PalmOne reclaimed the rights to the Palm trademark and officially changed its name back to Palm, Inc. and released a new logo.
In May 2005, PalmOne announced LifeDrive, a 4GB storage device with a microdrive, in an attempt to capture the media player market.
October 12, 2005 Palm announces two new models, the TX and the Z22, and stops using names like Tungsten and Zire for all future models.
January 9, 2009 Palm unveils its next-generation operating system, webOS (previously codenamed Nova), and a new phone, the Palm Pre, at CES.[1][2]
[edit]Palm, Inc.
Palm, Inc. - Palm, Inc., the leader in handheld computer systems, is committed to enhancing the functionality of handheld computer systems so that people can access and share the information that matters most to them at any time. The company's products for consumers, mobility professionals, and business people include the Palm(R) handheld computer, the Palm TreoTM smartphone, and the Palm LifeDriveTM mobile lifestyle, as well as software, services, and accessory products. countries.
The Treo is undoubtedly one of Palm's most successful product lines today, but the relationship between the Treo and Palm has been a complicated one, with an intriguing history of breakups and breakups. This has to mention Jeffrey Hawkins this person, although this name is far less well-known than Bill Gates, Michael Dell and so on, but Hawkins is the PDA history of the man of the hour. He was one of the founders of Palm and Handspring, and that alone should put him in the palm history books.
Users familiar with palm's history have been impressed by Hawkins's genius and creativity, and the Palm OS operating system, which now occupies half of the Handheld Computing market, is based on the GriDTask developed by Hawkins.
In 2000, as the PDA market matured and the market began to lose profitability due to price wars, Hawkins' Handspring changed its strategy to combine PDAs and cell phones at a time when smartphones were still just a fuzzy concept, launching the Treo series of products, with an unforgettable vision for the market and technology.
Handspring was technically successful, but not commercially successful. Hawkins focused on his own personal research into the principles of the brain and neglected to run the company, which ultimately led to Handspring being acquired by PalmOne. Fortunately the Treo product line was eventually retained by PalmOne and carried forward to where it is today.
[edit]Treo
The Treo is a line of smartphones produced by Palm in the U.S. Originally developed by Handspring, the entire line was switched to development and production by Palm after Palm's acquisition of Handspring.
The Treo is one of the most popular lines of PDA phones, with features such as personal digital assistants, voice communication, email, web browsing, and in recent years, a built-in digital camera.
As of September 2006, there were 14 Treo models, up to the Treo 650, which used Palm OS, and from the 700 series onwards, which used Palm OS and Windows Mobile, respectively, with the Treo 700w being the first to use Windows Mobile.
Palm has entered into an agreement with RIM to enable its Treo products to connect and send and receive popular push email using software connectivity.
In September 2006, Palm partnered with Vodafone to launch the first 3G handset in Europe, the Treo 750v with the Windows Mobile operating system.
Treo products
* Treo 180 GSM
* Treo 180g GSM
* Treo 90 PDA
* Treo 270 GSM
* Treo 300 CDMA
* Treo 600 GSM / CDMA
* Treo 650 GSM / CDMA
* Treo 680 GSM
* Treo 700w CDMA
* Treo 700p CDMA /EVDO
* Treo 700wx CDMA
* Treo 750v GSM
* Treo 755P CDMA
Software
The software section has almost all of Palm's software in working order, plus a couple of specific software for the Treo's keyboard and phone. Its Chinese language processing is still based on CJKOS, so the original related Chinese software can also run normally, but CJKOS comes with the input method is not convenient. On Treo600/650, there is a Chinese input method developed by UGlee@Hi-PDA. There are also free Palm Easy Input Method (which can support Wubi, Pinyin and customized code list at the same time), Treowb, Plum Blossom and other input methods can be used, most of the input method software on TREO650 is better than UDlee-developed JiuHard (JiuHard is said to have a follow-up version, but in fact, until the end of 2006 has not yet been released).
[edit]Palm has stopped developing Palm OS
On February 11, 2009, Palm CEO Ed Colligan announced that Palm would focus on webOS and Windows Mobile smart devices, and that there would be no more smart devices based on Palm OS. There will be no more "Palm OS"-based smart devices, except for the Palm Centro, which will continue to be launched in the future in cooperation with other carriers. This is a very sad news for Palm fans, and one that they can't help but accept.
In addition, Ed Colligan mentioned that the App Store in Palm's new smartphone, the Palm Pre, does not restrict users to purchasing only from there, but rather from other unofficial "App Stores," which are more open than the iPhone. Palm currently has an exclusivity agreement with Sprint, but will be working with other carriers in 2010. In the meantime, Ed Colligan mentioned that there are no outstanding legal disputes between Palm and Apple.
Where will Palm smartphones go if they abandon Palm OS?
Palm OS has finally fallen. In fact, most of the domestic Palm users or players (because the only ones who stick with Palm OS phones now are basically hardcore netizens), understand that this is just a matter of time. Poorly performing web browsers, Wi-Fi and GPS that are almost never seen on Palm OS phones have made Palm OS smartphones increasingly niche and disappointing. After the sale of PalmSource to ACCESS in '05, Palm had already shown its marginalization of Palm OS. So where is Palm headed after completely abandoning Palm OS? The Treo 750v, 500v, 800w, and Pro represent Palm's foray into Windows Mobile. The Windows Mobile flagship Treo Pro, which integrated GPS, Wi-Fi and a high-resolution screen, was of great significance, as Palm smartphones integrated a variety of mainstream hardware configurations together for the first time, and also gave many Palm gamers a mainstream model they could choose from. However, by this time thinner, prettier, more attractive and faster models than the Treo Pro abounded. The Nokia E71, Samsung i780, and BlackBerry 9000 put the Treo Pro to shame. Simply adopting the Windows Mobile operating system and not working on the hardware is not the way out.
After acquiring PalmSource, Access developed Access Linux Palm, or ALP, on top of Palm OS. The media speculated that Palm would adopt ALP for its latest model, but Palm's new Palm Pre uses a completely new operating system, webOS, and doesn't use the same operating system. Palm chose to go its own way, not following others, and not taking pity on ALP, which has Palm OS in its blood.
With a new, self-contained operating system, we think this is the only way for Palm to come back from the brink of extinction. The Palm Pre caused a sensation at CES 2009, with its unique slider QWERTY design, easy-to-use and smooth UI, and countless enthusiastic veteran users, all adding to the Palm Pre's success. In particular, Palm's future webOS models are even more desirable.
In addition, we have to warn Palm in advance, to start seriously do the market, the previous Palm smartphone promotion in China is a mess, it is completely enthusiastic users word of mouth to let it to a small development. The pressure from the iPhone, Gphone, Symbian is strange, Palm must figure out its own way of marketing. Will the non-open-source webOS be a success, and will the Palm Pre be a phoenix or a dying breed? All waiting for the market to decide.