Press Release

PalmSource Expands Executive Team

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Sept. 17, 2003 - PalmSource, provider of the popular operating system for handheld and smartphone devices, and the Palm OS® subsidiary of Palm, Inc. (Nasdaq: PALM) has named two new senior officers to join the PalmSource executive management team.

Larry Slotnick has assumed the role of chief products officer and David Limp is the senior vice president of corporate and business development. Both report to president and chief executive officer David Nagel and will join his executive team comprised of Al Wood, chief financial officer, Gabi Schindler, senior vice president of worldwide marketing, Doreen Yochum, chief administrative officer, and Lamar Potts, vice president, worldwide licensing.

"The combined experience and expertise of these seasoned individuals will help PalmSource achieve its ambitious business objectives and I am delighted to welcome them to our team," said David Nagel, president and CEO, PalmSource.

As chief product officer, Larry Slotnick is responsible for setting company-wide software technology direction and leading all product marketing, research and development, product development, customer support and developer relations. He will drive execution efforts around the PalmSource mobile information device platform vision and product roadmap. He brings more than 20 years of technology industry, product development and startup management experience to PalmSource.

David Limp, senior vice president of corporate and business development, will focus on three key areas for the company: corporate development, business development, applications business and communications with wireless network operators. Before his appointment to PalmSource, Limp served as chief strategy officer of Liberate Technologies, where he was responsible for strategic planning, technology licensing, corporate partnerships, and mergers and acquisitions.

About PalmSource
PalmSource is the company behind Palm OS, the popular operating system for handhelds and smartphone devices. Licensed by industry leaders including Aceeca, AlphaSmart, Fossil, Garmin, GSL, Handspring, HuneTec, Kyocera, Legend, Palm Solutions Group, Samsung, Sony, Symbol and Tapwave as well as Palm OS Ready Partners including ATI, Intel, MediaQ, Motorola, M-Systems, Samsung, Texas Instruments. Palm OS has been shipped to date on more than 29 million handhelds and smartphones, and given rise to a large community of users, enterprises, developers and manufacturers, who together make up the Palm Economy. PalmSource is a subsidiary of Palm Inc. (Nasdaq: PALM). More information about PalmSource is available at http://www.palmsource.com, http://www.palmsource.co.uk, http://www.palmsource.fr, http://www.palmsource.de and http://www.palmsource.com.cn.