Press Release

PalmSource to Present at B. Riley Annual Investor Conference

SUNNYVALE, Calif., March 15, 2005 — PalmSource Inc., (NASDAQ: PSRC) provider of Palm OS®, a leading operating system powering next generation phones and mobile devices, today announced that David Nagel, president and CEO of PalmSource, will present at the B. Riley Annual Investor Conference in Las Vegas, Nev. on Thursday, March 17 at 12:55 p.m. PST (3:55 p.m. EST).

A live Web cast and archive of the presentation will be available on PalmSource's Web site in the investor relations section at www.palmsource.com/about/ir.cgi?action=events.

About PalmSource
PalmSource, Inc. is the company behind Palm OS®, a leading operating system powering mobile information devices. Approximately 38 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, www.palmsource.com/es and www.palmsource.com.cn.

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