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PalmSource Launches New Software Store
New Store Offers Online and Over-The-Air Delivery of Software Titles
LAS VEGAS, Nev., Nov. 17, 2003, COMDEX Booth #10448 - PalmSource, Inc. (NASDAQ: PSRC) provider of Palm OS®, a leading operating system powering next generation mobile devices and smartphones, today announced the unveiling of the new PalmSource software store which offers more than 20,000 Palm OS software titles for Palm Powered™ smart mobile device customers.
The new PalmSource software store, located at http://www.palmsource.com/software is powered by PalmGear and enables users to conveniently try, purchase and download more than 20,000 software titles in a broad range of categories including: Web browsers, email and Internet communications, sales force and field automation, personal productivity, groupware, financial management, multimedia and games to customize their Palm Powered smart mobile device.
Users of Palm Powered smartphones and other Internet-enabled handhelds can also access the new PalmSource software store while on-the-go, providing customers the ultimate flexibility to browse, purchase and install select wireless Palm OS software applications onto their devices via over-the-air (OTA) delivery. These select applications have been tested by PalmSource for easy OTA delivery and draw from the more than 20,000 Palm OS titles available today. Pinpoint's provisioning and delivery infrastructure makes Palm OS applications available for OTA delivery to customers in a user-friendly fashion. Whether online or wireless, users gain access to one of the largest selections of software content for Palm Powered smart mobile devices available on the market today.
"The launch of the new PalmSource software store marks an important milestone in our company's objective to create a successful global marketplace for Palm OS content," said David Nagel, president and chief executive officer of PalmSource, Inc. "PalmSource is committed to providing its 275,000-strong developer community with additional software distribution channels that ultimately improve customization and usability of Palm Powered smart mobile devices and will drive greater adoption of smartphones."
"As a strategic partner of PalmSource and largest provider of Palm OS applications and eBooks, we look forward to the increased exposure Palm OS applications will have by leveraging PalmSource's strong brand and leadership position in the smart mobile device market," said Ryan Wuerch, president and chief executive officer of PalmGear. "Through the PalmSource software store our developer and publisher partners have expanded distribution channels and increased sales opportunities for their content."
"Combining Palm OS, the gold standard for mobility, with our expertise in wireless provisioning and delivery of Palm OS applications, enables us to deliver a compelling solution for users to conveniently access one of the largest libraries of software content for Palm Powered smart mobile devices," said Dov Cohn, vice president of marketing and product management of Pinpoint Networks.
Launched in the fall of this year, the German PalmSource software store is powered by Pdassi and offers German-speaking Palm Powered device users a broad selection of applications to personalize their device to fit their needs. Located at http://www.palmsource.com/de, the store also showcases the 2,000 German developers from among the over 5,000 European developers whose Palm OS solutions are now available in German versions.
"The new PalmSource German online software store will certainly encourage developers to build applications for the Palm OS platform in the German language and grow the market," said Roland Heuberger, general manager of Pdassi. "We are committed to providing a variety of unique Palm OS solutions for German-speaking users to customize their Palm Powered smart mobile devices."
The PalmSource software store can be found online at http://www.palmsource.com/software is or via OTA at http://www.palmsource.com/mobile.
About PalmSource
PalmSource, Inc. is the company behind Palm OS, a leading operating system for mobile information devices. More than 30 million Palm Powered handhelds and smartphones have been sold to date worldwide. Industry leaders Aceeca, AlphaSmart, Fossil, Garmin, GSL, HuneTec, Kyocera, Lenovo, palmOne, PerComm, Samsung, Sony, Symbol Technologies and Tapwave license Palm OS to create diverse mobile devices that meet unique customer needs. Palm OS has given rise to a large community of users, enterprises, developers and manufacturers, who together make up the Palm economy. More information about PalmSource is available at http://www.palmsource.com, http://www.palmsource.co.uk, http://www.palmsource.fr, http://www.palmsource.de and http://www.palmsource.com.cn.
Palm OS is a registered trademark and Palm Powered is a trademark of Palm Trademark Holding Company, LLC. Other brands may be trademarks of their respective owners.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, as well as assumptions that, if they never materialize or prove incorrect, could cause our results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements include, without limitation, our ability to benefit from any growth in the mobile device and smart phone markets and the benefits to the Palm OS platform from the launch of the online stores. The risks and uncertainties that could cause our results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements include, without limitation, our ability to compete with existing or new competitors, our ability, and that of our licensees, to timely introduce new products to the market, our ability, and that of our partners, to maintain the PalmSource software store, our ability to attract and maintain developers of software for the Palm OS platform, general economic conditions in the U.S. and abroad and other risks and uncertainties contained in our public announcements, reports to stockholders and other documents filed with and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended August 29, 2003. All forward-looking statements in this press release are based on information available to us as of the date hereof, and we assume no obligation to update these forward-looking statements.
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