Not true. Palm was founded in 1992; US Robotics purchased it in 1995.
In addition, the sheer number of ex-Apple employees now working for Handspring or Palm is staggering. Fully half of Handspring's executives are former employees of Apple or it's subsidiaries, for 8 ex-Apple-ites in total; at Palm, 8 of the 19 executives are former employees of Apple, including 3 former Apple senior vice presidents.
Needless to say, Apple's influence on the handheld market has gone way, way beyond the Newton.
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Not true. Palm was founded in 1992; US Robotics purchased it in 1995. In addition, the sheer number of ex-Apple employees now working for Handspring or Palm is staggering. Fully half of Handspring's executives are former employees of Apple or it's subsidiaries, for 8 ex-Apple-ites in total; at Palm, 8 of the 19 executives are former employees of Apple, including 3 former Apple senior vice presidents. Needless to say, Apple's influence on the handheld market has gone way, way beyond the Newton.