Palm Signs 50,000 Developers

[Palm Developer Program <reg_dev@palm.com>]

Palm Solution Provider Program member:

This is an exciting time in the history of the Solution Provider Program 
- we now have more than 50,000 developers registered!  (See Press Release 
below.) The Palm OS(R) platform continues making a major mark on the 
handheld computing industry thanks to the great efforts of the expanding 
developer community and the Palm OS licensees. We value your efforts and 
look forward to continuing to work with you.

Sincerely,
Gabriel Acosta-Lopez
Director of Platform Development Services


Palm Signs 50,000 Developers

Palm OS Platform Gains Momentum as Leading Handheld
Computing Platform

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 22, 2000--Palm, Inc. 
(Nasdaq:PALM - news) today announced that more than 50,000 developers are 
registered to create third-party solutions for the Palm OS(R) platform -- 
a significant milestone that highlights Palm's ongoing leadership as the 
platform of choice in the handheld computing market.

>From Internet stock trading and package tracking to medication dispensing 
and travel guides, Palm OS developers all over the world are already 
shipping thousands of mobile applications and hundreds of snap-on 
hardware products, spawning an entire new industry. In addition, Palm has 
alliances with many of the leading corporate software providers and is 
licensing the Palm OS platform to some of the world's most innovative 
enterprise and consumer electronics leaders, including Nokia and Sony.

"Palm recognizes that our success is based not only on building 
groundbreaking products with a premier handheld operating system, but 
also on the powerful, creative and enthusiastic support of our developer 
community," said Mark Bercow, vice president of strategic alliances and 
platform development for Palm. "The incredible growth in the number of 
Palm OS developers, increased by more than 500 percent in the last year 
alone, is another testament to the vitality of the Palm Economy."

Since 1996, developers around the world have benefited from opportunities 
to build leading-edge custom and commercial software applications for 
consumers, small businesses and large-scale enterprises -- all on the 
Palm OS platform. Applications span mobile, wireless and web applications 
in financial, transportation, government, retail, automotive, healthcare 
and education, as well as specific solutions for key corporate tasks such 
as customer relationship management and sales force automation. The more 
than 500 available hardware snap-ons include such products as wireless 
modems, mobile printers, audio recorders, as well as vertical industry 
devices such as a fingerprint ID security device and a blood sugar 
monitor.

A primary component of Palm's platform strategy includes building 
relationships with some of the world's leading solution providers and 
electronics manufacturers. Computer Associates, IBM, Oracle Corp., 
PeopleSoft, SAP, Siebel Systems, Sun Microsystems and Tivoli are among 
the leading enterprise software vendors who have announced that their 
applications will support the Palm OS platform. Manufacturers licensing 
the Palm OS platform to create products under their own brand names 
include Handspring, Nokia, QUALCOMM, Sony, Symbol Technologies, and TRG. 
Palm also has OEM relationships with Franklin Covey and IBM.

"We encouraged virtually any developer, from small projects to global 
licensees with an idea for taking information and making it mobile, to 
choose the Palm OS platform," added Bercow. "It has the reputation for 
being the most easily customized, low cost development platform for 
handheld computing, generating easy-to-use applications that require 
minimal training."

About Palm, Inc.

Palm, Inc. is the leading provider of handheld computing devices (IDC, 
May 1999), including the Palm III(TM), Palm V(TM) and Palm VII(TM) series 
of handheld computers. The Palm OS platform is the foundation for the 
market-leading handheld computers from the company as well as products 
from its strategic partners such as IBM, QUALCOMM, Franklin Covey, 
Handspring, TRG and Symbol Technologies. Designed to support the 
increasingly mobile and geographically dispersed nature of information 
management, the company's handheld solutions allow people to carry their 
most critical information in their pockets. For more information, please 
visit www.palm.com.

Notices: Palm OS is a registered trademark and Palm, Palm III, Palm V and 
Palm VII are trademarks of Palm, Inc. or its subsidiaries. Other company, 
product, and service names may be the trademarks or service marks of 
others.

Contact:

     A&R Partners for Palm, Inc.
     Kristen Garrigus, 650/762-2832
     kgarrigus@arpartners.com