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November 8, 2002

Palm takes big step with OS 5 software

By PETER SVENSSON
AP Business Writer

Palm handhelds were something of a revelation when first launched in April 1996 -- small, nifty computers that did a great job of organizing personal data and ran for weeks on a single set of batteries.

Yet the very thing that let Palm succeed where others had failed -- a simple, stripped-down operating system -- is what's been holding it back in recent years.


 
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