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Palm PilotIts Company Was Sold in 1995, Before It Shipped

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To ship the PalmPilot, its inventors sold Palm Computing in 1995 for about $44 million, then watched it slip away.

The PalmPilot's makers sold Palm Computing for shares worth about $44 million in 1995, before the Pilot had shipped.

Subject
Palm Computing and the PalmPilot, 1992 to 2000: Jeff Hawkins, Graffiti handwriting, the U.S. Robotics acquisition before the Pilot shipped, the 1996 launch, the 3Com years, and the founders leaving to start Handspring, 1992
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Credits
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Sources

8
  • Interview4
  • Article3
  • Book1

Numbered in the order the description lists them. Read dates are when the page was consulted; the live page may have changed since.

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    Article Stanford Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Jeff Hawkins

    The History of Palm and the Part-time Entrepreneur

    stvp.stanford.edu/node/12831/printable/print ↗
  7. [7]
    Article Stanford eCorner talk Jeff Hawkins

    Spinoff: Handspring

    docslib.org/doc/1180969/spinoff-handspring ↗
  8. [8]

Image & music credits

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  • License unknown21
  • CC BY 2.05
  • CC BY-SA 3.02
  • CC BY-SA 4.01
  • CC BY 3.01
  • CC BY-SA 2.01

31 photos, from the hosts linked below. Each file name links to the file's page, which carries the full license terms.

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1 Photo https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jeff Hawkins' Wooden PalmPilot Model (12935443803).jpg Atomic Taco, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0 License unknown
2 Photo PalmPilot Professional.jpg Letdorf CC BY-SA 3.0
3 Photo https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/PalmPilot prototype (1995) - Computer History Museum.jpg Michael Hicks, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0 License unknown
4 Photo https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Palm Pilot Professional 01.JPG Museo8bits, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 License unknown
5 Photo https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Palm Pilot Professional 02.JPG Museo8bits, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 License unknown
6 Photo https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jeff Hawkins by Jeff Kubina.jpeg Jeff Kubina, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0 License unknown
7 Photo https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Us Robotics Palm Pilot in Computer History Museum - California.jpg Anton Chiang, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0 License unknown
8 Photo https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pilot 1000.jpg 80sCompaqPC, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 License unknown
9 Photo PalmPilot prototype (1995) - Computer History Museum.jpg Michael Hicks from Saint Paul, MN, USA CC BY 2.0
10 Photo U.S. Robotics Sportster Message Plus-0340.jpg Raimond Spekking CC BY-SA 4.0
11 Photo https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Palm V.JPG Jorfer, Wikimedia Commons, public domain License unknown
12 Photo https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/HandspringVisorDeluxeOrange.jpg Pelle Sten, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0 License unknown
13 Photo https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Palm Pilot 1000.png Ndiggity, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 License unknown
14 Photo GRiD 2260 134241 Padenrich Ave.jpg ressedue CC BY 2.0
15 Photo Apple Newton MessagePad (1993) - Computer History Museum.jpg Michael Hicks from Saint Paul, MN, USA CC BY 2.0
16 Photo https://museucapixaba.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Assistente-Digital-Pessoal-Casio-Z-7000-Zoomer-1.jpg Museu Capixaba License unknown
17 Photo https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Palm Graffiti gestures.png IMeowbot, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 License unknown
18 Photo 3Com PalmPilot Professional PDA (5005114554).jpg rfdigitalwpg CC BY 2.0
19 Photo https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Palm Pilot Professional 02.JPG commons.wikimedia.org License unknown
20 Photo https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Palm III in HotSync Cradle.jpg MrLion626, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 License unknown
21 Photo Macintosh Performa 5200.jpg unknown author CC BY-SA 3.0
22 Photo US Robotics 56K Modem Front.JPG Xiaowei CC BY 3.0
23 Photo https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Us Robotics Palm Pilot in Computer History Museum - California.jpg commons.wikimedia.org License unknown
24 Photo https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Palm III in HotSync Cradle.jpg MrLion626, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 License unknown
25 Photo https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/PalmPilot Professional.jpg commons.wikimedia.org License unknown
26 Photo https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Handspring Visor DeLuxe Green.jpg commons.wikimedia.org License unknown
27 Photo https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Handspring Visor turned on (29428277735).jpg commons.wikimedia.org License unknown
28 Photo Handspring Treo 600 (53281752340).jpg rfdigitalwpg CC BY 2.0
29 Photo https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jeff Hawkins @ eTech 2007.jpeg Ed Schipul, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0 License unknown
30 Photo https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/PDA Palm III.jpg Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 License unknown
31 Photo Palm-IMG 7025.jpg Rama & Musée Bolo CC BY-SA 2.0

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