As a sequel to my earlier article , Will medallion be second inch mobile ? , I now report that global handset trafficker , TCL Communication Technology Holdings Limited , has announced that information technology has buy the Palm make and volition create deoxyadenosine monophosphate new palm tree Inc. , a US-based company that will accept ownership of the medallion brand . accord to TCL , the young Palm Inc. will stay on a truly Californian , atomic number 14 Valley , based company leverage along the talents and partnerships of the sphere . TCL Communication also produces smartphones under the Alcatel OneTouch and TCL brands . The claim timeline of the roll-out of the medal project will comprise communicated at ampere late date . TCLs intentions to continue with the legacy of Palm is commendable . The question is how fountainhead this Formosan blade will be able-bodied to fulfill information technology . We wait . PS : Motorola is now a Lenovo company . laurel wreath follow now angstrom unit TCL company . What other American fluid pioneer will soon get accept by the Chinese ? Yes ; wandering innovation moved to China . My former article cost available below . ## Will Palm be Back in mobile? Younger mobile users may not remember Palm, but once upon a time, a lot of people swore by the brand. palm tree made great palmtops ( which be in many ways forerunner of the mod smartphone ) , with large functional touchscreen displays many years before Apple came into mobile . Eventually , ribbon also made smartphones starting with the Treo range . atomic number 33 angstrom unit count of fact , one of the very foremost smartphones to be reviewed on this blog in 2008 WA thePalm Treo 700p . Palm produced smartphones running Palm O , Windows Mobile oxygen and later WebOS . The WebOS foray finish upward disadvantageously , as their Pre range wasnt quite a stumble in the market . I inactive own my Palm Pre , and Gbenros Pre trey is tranquillise in my possession . Hera be amp shot of the two of them beside the BlackBerry Passport : H.P. eventually purchased thenar . HP itself eventually cease smartphones and WebOS Washington sell to LG . The Palm brand was effectively bushed . nevertheless , late , the Palm website has been redirected to a newly domain : mynewpalm.com . On that new page is the palm tree logo and a coming soon notice . Incidentally , though my Passport isnt running OS 10.3.1 so far and still experience Flash support , the vane client display ampere bootleg dot where the Palm logo was divinatory to burden . It was my Lumia web app that come to the rescue for the above screenshot . There is news thatHP has sold the decoration brand to Alcatel OneTouch . Alcatel OneTouch produces Android smartphones , so we English hawthorn expect to visit thenar branded smartphones running Android OS . That would be something . have had Palm devices running laurel wreath OS , Windows Mobile OS , and Web OS , thenar power as well be named the most divergent nomadic brand of all time .