COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS

Detailed explanation-1: -Palm OS, a proprietary operating system used in the late 20th and early 21st centuries for personal computing devices, including personal digital assistants (PDAs), smartphones, handheld gaming systems, and Global Positioning System (GPS) devices.

Detailed explanation-2: -Palm OS (also known as Garnet OS) was a mobile operating system initially developed by Palm, Inc., for personal digital assistants (PDAs) in 1996.

Detailed explanation-3: -However, after poor sales, HP CEO Léo Apotheker announced in August 2011 that it would end production and support of Palm and webOS devices, marking the end of the Palm brand after 19 years. In October 2014, HP sold the Palm trademark to a shelf corporation tied to the Chinese electronics firm TCL Corporation.

Detailed explanation-4: -The last Palm device brought out to actually feature the Palm OS was the compact Palm Centro. It was designed as a condensed version of the Treo for mass market appeal, much as the Pearl works for BlackBerry.