Press Release

PalmSource Ushers Wireless Innovation for Palm OS

Second Annual Euro DevCon Sets Record Attendance with Over 400 Attendees

SUNNYVALE, Calif., October 20, 2004 — PalmSource, Inc. (NASDAQ: PSRC) provider of Palm OS®, a leading operating system powering next-generation mobile devices and smartphones, today announced its second annual Euro DevCon set record attendance with over 400 Palm OS developers, international press and analysts, Palm OS licensees, strategic partners and industry leaders celebrating the wireless innovation achieved through the power, flexibility and ease-of-use of the Palm OS platform.

"The PalmSource Euro DevCon 2004 was very well organized and provided a good venue for our company to network with key partners in the mobile handheld and smartphone industries," said Manuel Sosna, chief marketing officer of Ubitexx GmbH. "In addition, the high quality of the presentations during the event helped us to further develop our strategy for succeeding in the mobile market."

"The PalmSource DevCon is the event that everyone developing software or offering services for Palm Powered™ devices should attend, " said Klaus Nahr, president of fun communications GmbH. "You can meet with the PalmSource staff and talk to the people that are behind Palm OS. As a software developer, it is very important to know PalmSource's strategies for the future and the DevCon is the best place to get this information."

"We were absolutely thrilled with the turnout, energy and enthusiasm of the attendees at the 2004 Euro DevCon," said Larry Berkin, director of developer marketing, PalmSource. "We believe the overwhelming success of the conference is a sign of a thriving Palm Powered economy. PalmSource is committed to providing continued support to its community in order to drive new Palm Powered devices and solutions to market."

Hosted during Munich's internationally famous Oktoberfest, the two-day conference featured speakers from PalmSource including, David Nagel, president and CEO and Larry Slotnick, chief products officer, Palm OS licensees palmOne and Tapwave, Palm Powered Mobile World partners Orange and RIM, and strategic partner IBM. In addition, Euro DevCon 2004 provided attendees with the latest Palm OS technical information for the creation of cutting-edge wireless products and software applications and uncovered new market opportunities to effectively market and sell Palm Powered products.

Ushering innovation in the European Palm OS developer community, PalmSource celebrated the winners of the 2004 Euro Powered Up Awards and showcased the launch of 13 new applications for Palm Powered smartphones and wireless handhelds, through the New and Notables program. These software applications are available for download and purchase direct from the developer in addition to the PalmSource software stores. Localized German Palm OS applications can be downloaded and purchased at software.palmsource.de and English versions are available at www.palmsource.com/software. The 2004 Euro Powered Up Award winners included:

  • Best Enterprise / Productivity Solution: Facer Launcher 2 by PocketCraft Software.
    Facer Launcher 2 is a launcher application providing end-user personalization, customization and flexibility on Palm Powered devices. Facer Launcher 2 for Palm OS is now available for download at www.pocketcraft.com.

  • Best Games / Entertainment Solution: Snails by PDAmill
    Snails is a fun action/strategy game for Palm Powered devices and features graphics, sounds, background music and game play. Snails for Palm OS is now available for download at www.pdamill.com.

  • Best Multimedia Solution: MMPlayer by Almacom
    MMPlayer is a powerful mobile multimedia player for Palm OS. MMPlayer for Palm OS is now available for download at www.mmplayer.com.

  • Best Wireless / Over-the-air Solution: funSMS 4 by fun communications GmbH
    funSMS 4 makes sending and managing SMS messages simpler and more convenient than ever before. funSMS 4 for Palm OS is now available for download at www.fun.de.

This year's New and Notables program featured 13 new Palm OS® applications:

In addition, PalmSource made several announcements designed to further the momentum of the Palm OS platform in the smartphone and wireless device markets, including:

  • Palm OS Cobalt 6.1, an enhanced version of Palm OS Cobalt, designed to accelerate the development of next-generation Palm Powered smartphones and wireless devices;
  • PalmSource™ Installer, a new Palm OS application installation technology designed to streamline the online and over-the-air (OTA) download and install process of Palm OS applications onto Palm Powered smartphones and other wireless devices;
  • PalmSource Web Browser 3.0, providing Palm Powered smart mobile device users a rich browsing experience along with an intuitive, easy to use navigation capability;
  • Palm OS Developer Suite 1.0, designed to enable the development of next generation multimedia and wireless applications for ARM- and 68K-based Palm Powered devices;
  • Three new Palm Powered Mobile World infrastructure partners: Bitfone Corporation, DAT Group, and Notify Technology Corporation;
  • Availability of the email API that will be released with the first version of the PalmSource Mail client for BlackBerry Connect to Palm OS developers; and
  • Palm OS User Group (PUG) Web site on palmsource.com, to help PUG leaders manage and promote their user group meetings and connect with other PUG leaders.

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 ﾂｩ 2004, PalmSource, Inc. PalmSource, Palm Powered, 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.

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 Palm Powered devices and solutions, new markets for Palm Powered products, and new Palm OS products. 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 continue to support and grow the Palm Powered economy and to stimulate the introduction of new Palm Powered devices and solution in the market; the ability of our licensees and Palm OS developers to develop wireless products and applications in a timely manner that meet end user demands; our ability to grow and maintain the Palms OS developer community; the ability of our newly announce Palm OS software products to operate free from defects and to provide the anticipated benefits, including acceleration of development of next-generation Palm Powered smartphone and wireless devices; 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 Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended May 28, 2004 and our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended August 27, 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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