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{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2014}} {{Infobox company | name = ACCESS Systems Americas, Inc. | logo = | former_name = PalmSource | type = [[Subsidiary]] | foundation = | location = United States | area_served = | industry = [[Computer hardware]] and [[Software]] | products = [[Information technology]] solutions<br>[[Software]] | parent = {{plainlist| * [[Palm, Inc.]] (2002โ2003) * [[Access Co.]] (2005โpresent) }} | homepage = }} [[File:palmsource logo.png|thumb|right|PalmSource's logo]] '''ACCESS Systems Americas, Inc.''' (formerly '''PalmSource''') is a subsidiary of [[Access Co.|ACCESS]] which develops the [[Palm OS]] [[Personal digital assistant|PDA]] [[operating system]] and its successor, the [[Access Linux Platform]], as well as [[BeOS]]. PalmSource was spun off from [[Palm, Inc.|Palm Computing, Inc.]] Palm OS runs on 38 million devices that have been sold since 1996 from hardware manufacturers including Palm, Inc., [[Samsung]], [[IBM]], Aceeca, [[AlphaSmart]], [[Fossil, Inc.]], [[Garmin]], [[Group Sense PDA]] (Xplore), [[Kyocera]], PiTech, [[Sony]], and [[Symbol Technologies|Symbol]]. PalmSource also develops several programs for the Palm OS, and as of December 2005, PalmGear claims to offer 28,769 software titles of varying genres.{{Citation needed|date=April 2008}} Palm OS software programs can also be downloaded from [[CNET]], PalmSource, [[Handango]], and [[Tucows]]. PalmSource also owns [[BeOS]], which it purchased from [[Be Inc.]] in August 2001.<ref name="PalmSource-Aug-2001-8-K">{{cite web|url=http://edgar.secdatabase.com/1845/89592101500015/filing-main.htm |title=PalmSource, Form 8-K, Current Report, Filing Date Aug 24, 2001 |publisher=secdatabase.com |accessdate =December 31, 2012}}</ref>
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