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By Jennifer Johnson, About.com

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Definition:

Palm, Inc. is the company that makes Palm-branded PDAs and smartphones. Popular Palm PDAs include the Tungsten and Zire lines as well as many other models. Previous product lines include the Palm Pilot, Palm III, Palm V, and Palm VII.

Palm PDAs generally run on the Palm OS (operating system.) There are various versions of the operating system, but all have a similar look and feel. In early 2009, Palm announced a new operating system called Palm webOS.

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