Brightpoint Enters Into Distribution Agreement With Palm, Inc. for the United States
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INDIANAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 28, 2001--Brightpoint, Inc. (NASDAQ:CELL - news) announced today that its subsidiary, Brightpoint North America L.P., has entered into a new agreement with Palm, Inc. (NASDAQ:PALM - news). Under the agreement, Brightpoint will distribute Palm(TM) products, focusing on wireless carriers and related retailers and VARs.
Palm, Inc. is a pioneer in the field of mobile and wireless Internet solutions and a leading provider of handheld computers. Based on the Palm OS® platform, Palm's handheld solutions allow people to carry and access their most critical information with them wherever they go. Palm handhelds address the needs of individuals, enterprises and educational institutions through thousands of application solutions.
The Palm OS platform is also the foundation for products from Palm's licensees and strategic partners, such as Franklin Covey, Handspring, IBM, Kyocera, Sony, Symbol Technologies, and HandEra (formerly TRG). Platform licensees also include Nokia and Samsung. The Palm Economy is a growing global community of industry-leading licensees, world-class OEM customers, and approximately 150,000 innovative developers and solution providers that have registered to develop solutions based on the Palm OS platform. More information about Palm is available at palm.com. |
