Editing Palm, Inc. (section)

===Founding and acquisition {{anchor|Palm Computing}}===
Palm Computing, Inc., was founded in 1992 by [[Jeff Hawkins]], who later hired [[Donna Dubinsky]] and [[Ed Colligan]], all of whom guided Palm to the invention of [[Palm Pilot]]. The company was started to write software for the [[Tandy Zoomer|Zoomer]], a consumer [[Personal digital assistant|PDA]] manufactured by [[Casio]] for [[Tandy Computers|Tandy]].<ref name="Butter2002">{{Cite book
  |title = Piloting Palm: The Inside Story of Palm, Handspring, and the Birth of the Billion-Dollar Handheld Industry
  |last1 = Butter
  |first1 = Andrea
  |publisher = John Wiley & Sons
  |year = 2002
  |isbn = 9780471223399
  |pages = [https://archive.org/details/pilotingpalminsi00butt/page/56 56]
  |last2 = Pogue
  |first2 = David
  |author-link2 = David Pogue
  |url=https://archive.org/details/pilotingpalminsi00butt |url-access = registration
  }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web
  |url = http://www.8bit-micro.com/tandy-zoomer-z-pda.htm
  |title = The Tandy ZOOMER
  |date = 2004
  |last = Hahn
  |first = Brian K.
  |access-date = 1 May 2014
  |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090207122037/http://www.8bit-micro.com/tandy-zoomer-z-pda.htm
  |archive-date = 7 February 2009
  |url-status = dead
  }}</ref> The Zoomer devices were also distributed by Casio and [[GRiD Systems Corporation|GRiD]], while Palm provided the [[Personal information manager|PIM]] software.<ref>{{cite web
  |url = http://www.grot.com/zoomer/documents/tandy-specs.html
  |title = Zoomer Technical Info; Tandy Z-PDA
  |date = 9 May 1995
  |access-date = 30 April 2014
  |last = Smithson
  |first = Brian}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web
  |url = http://www.grot.com/zoomer/pictures.html#palm|title = Zoomer Pictures; application screen shots
  |date = 17 January 1996
  |last = Smithson
  |first = Brian}}</ref> The [[GEOS (16-bit operating system)#PEN/GEOS devices|PEN/GEOS]] operating system was provided by [[Geoworks]].

The Zoomer failed commercially, but Palm continued generating revenue by selling synchronization software for [[Hewlett-Packard|HP]] devices, and the [[Graffiti (Palm OS)|Graffiti]] [[handwriting recognition]] software for the [[Apple Newton]] MessagePad.<ref name="Press Release: Graffiti Arrives">{{cite web|url=http://www.grot.com/zoomer/zoomer-list/zoomer-list-3Q1994/0048.html |title=3Q1994 Zoomer-List Archives: Graffiti Arrives! – Press Release enclosed |publisher=Grot.com |date=19 September 1994 |access-date=5 January 2012}}</ref>

The company was acquired by [[U.S. Robotics Corp.]] in 1995. In June 1997, U.S. Robotics was acquired by [[3Com]] and Palm became a 3Com subsidiary. In June 1998, the founders became unhappy with the direction in which 3Com was taking the company, and left to found [[Handspring (company)|Handspring]].