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PalmSource Drives Wireless Innovation at the Euro DevCon 2004
Conference to feature speakers and sponsors from industry-leading companies in the wireless space
SUNNYVALE, Calif., September 7, 2004 — PalmSource Inc., (NASDAQ: PSRC) provider of Palm OS®, a leading operating system powering next-generation mobile devices and smartphones, today announced the speakers and sponsors of the annual PalmSource Euro DevCon taking place on September 28-29, 2004 at the Hilton Park Hotel in Munich, Germany. Hosted during the city's famed Oktoberfest celebration, this high-energy, two-day conference is the forum to learn best practices for making applications smartphone-ready, uncover revenue-generating opportunities for wireless devices and over-the-air delivery of applications, and get a sneak peek at PalmSource's new smartphone OS.
The conference will feature speakers from the PalmSource executive team and industry leaders including:
- David Nagel, president and CEO, PalmSource, Inc.;
- Larry Slotnick, chief products officer, PalmSource, Inc.;
- Vesey Crichton, vice president of EMEA, palmOne, Inc.;
- Tyler Nelson, vice president of global business development, RIM;
- Richard Hanscott, vice president, business development and partnerships, Orange; and
- Todd Moore, chief technology officer, pervasive computing, IBM.
Confirmed Euro DevCon 2004 sponsors include Palm OS licensees Aceeca, palmOne, Inc. and Tapwave; Palm Powered™ Mobile World partners Orange, PalmGear, RIM and Telefónica Móviles España; and mobile content partners Handango and Pdassi. Other sponsors include IBM, Techneos Systems and Palm OS Ready Partner Freescale; and media partners Der Entwickler, International Developer and PDA magazine.
"We are thrilled with the overwhelming enthusiasm and support from the Palm OS community around the upcoming 2004 Euro DevCon and look forward to another successful conference this year," said Larry Berkin, director of developer marketing, PalmSource. "We believe the PalmSource developer conferences are snapshots of the amazing things happening in the world of wireless application development for Palm OS and we will continue to further this effort and bring wireless innovation to a whole new level."
"PalmSource Euro DevCon 2003 was a great event for the entire Palm Powered economy," said Aaron Ardiri CEO, Mobile Wizardry. "The combination of information, partner interaction and of course, Oktoberfest, made it the perfect venue for conducting business. If you produce wireless Palm OS software, this is the event to attend in 2004."
Highlights of the PalmSource Euro DevCon 2004 include:
- Pre-conference Palm OS Basic Training, a "boot camp" for developers new to Palm OS. The boot camp will take place the afternoon of Monday, September 27 with PalmSource engineers providing an introduction to programming for the Palm OS platform.
- In-depth sessions on the Palm OS Developer Suite, the latest PalmSource development tools for 68K and ARM-native software development.
- A state-of-the-art Hardware Lab, providing developers with "hands-on" access to a complete line of Palm Powered devices to test their applications.
- Detailed presentations from senior PalmSource executives and other strategic partners covering technical and business trends in the wireless device and smartphone markets.
- The Meet our Partners roundtable sessions, offering developers the opportunity to interact face-to-face with leading Palm Powered Mobile World operators and infrastructure partners, Palm OS licensees, and other PalmSource partners.
- The New & Notables Program, providing a vehicle for developers to introduce new Palm OS applications and promote their solutions to key customers, partners and press.
- The Euro Powered Up Awards, created by PalmSource to honor the most innovative and successful applications from the European Palm OS developer community. Winners will be announced at the conference and awards will be handed out in the following categories: Wireless/Over-the-air, Enterprise/Productivity, Games/Entertainment and Multimedia.
For the most up to date information on the conference, please visit www.palmsource.com/eurodevcon, or email events@palmsource.com.
About PalmSource
PalmSource, Inc. is the company behind Palm OS, a leading operating system powering mobile information devices. Approximately 35 million Palm Powered handhelds and smartphones have been sold to date worldwide. Industry leaders Aceeca, AlphaSmart, Fossil, Garmin, GSL, Kyocera, Lenovo, palmOne, QTech, 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 Powered Economy. More information about PalmSource is available at www.palmsource.com, www.palmsource.co.uk, www.palmsource.fr, www.palmsource.de and www.palmsource.com.cn.
Copyright ® 2004, PalmSource, Inc. PalmSource and Palm OS are trademarks or registered trademarks of PalmSource, Inc. or its affiliate in the United States, France, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom, and other countries. All other brands, product names, company names, trademarks and service marks are the properties of their respective owners. All rights reserved.
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CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS: This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, as well as assumptions 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, statements regarding wireless application development for Palm OS. 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, the success of the 2004 Euro DevCon; our ability to grow and maintain the Palm OS developer community, to further wireless innovation successfully and to execute our business objectives; 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 Annual Report on Form 10-K for fiscal year ended May 28, 2004.". 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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