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Palm OS

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Palm OS is a discontinued mobile operating system initially developed by Palm, Inc., for personal digital assistants (PDAs) in 1996. Palm OS was designed for ease of use with a touchscreen-based graphical user interface, and was provided with a suite of basic applications for personal information management; later versions of the OS were extended to support smartphones.

Facts
Year
1996 1
Significance
Implemented on a wide array of mobile devices, including smartphones, wrist watches, handheld gaming consoles, barcode readers and GPS devices 1
Status
Status
Discontinued 1
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Palm OS
  • Infobox, released
    1996
  • OS overview
    it has been implemented on a wide array of mobile devices, including smartphones, wrist watches, handheld gaming consoles, barcode readers and GPS devices
  • entity record, description (status)
    Palm OS is a discontinued mobile operating system initially developed by Palm, Inc., for personal digital assistants (PDAs) in 1996.
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