Back in the days of analog cellular phones, before all of these high-tech smartphones had even been invented, a company called Palm created the very first digital personal assistant device ever. This cool little device was called the Palm Pilot. Well, eventually, with technological advancements in the cellular phone market, the Palm Pilot became obsolete and in 2010 HP bought the Palm company out. However, there has been a new rumor floating around that Alcatel OneTouch may be resurrecting the Palm devices.
Based on website trails and even patent documents that have recently come to the surface, it seems that Alcatel OneTouch and the Palm company may be teaming up bring back the fabled Palm devices. The original palm.com website is now instantly redirecting websurfers to a site called mynewpalm.com, and it shows a video of the slogan:“Smart move” that automatically repeats itself. This happens to be a slogan that the famed Alcatel OneTouch company uses for its own brand platform. Appearing with the “Smart move” slogan is the classic orange Palm logo, and the combo has led many people to consider the possibility that the Palm devices might just be planning a comeback.
The old Palm devices had eventually began using a Filipino webOS, and one of the operating system’s users apparently attempted to find trace the origin of the new Palm website and find out who the actual owner is by using the records on archive.org. According to the user’s findings, the Palm company’s resurrection process initially began on November 12th of 2013. Wide Progress Global Limited is the name of the domain owner, which is a shelf company that is registered in Hong Kong, China.
The Wide Progress Global Limited company currently owns the Palm trademark and service marks, which include other brand names such as Palm Pre and Palm Centro. The original name of the Palm company, “Palm Computing,” is also now owned by Wide Progress.
Alcatel OneTouch is owned by a company called TCL Communications, and a man named Nicolas Zibell is the company’s vice president. Zibell’s name is included in the 18-page document that is currently posted on the US Patent and Trademark Office website.
No official announcements have been made by either company as to whether or not a merge is expected between Alcatel OneTouch and Palm, or if the TCL Communications company will be launching a new line of products.
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