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PalmOS is the operating system for the well-known brand of classic handheld Palm pilots (soon to be superceded by the ACCESS Palm/Linux hybrids).  PalmOS 1.0 was released in 1996, 3 years after the release of the comparatively unsuccessful Apple Newton.  The palm pilot dominated the handheld market for several years since, untitl the emergence of the PocketPC and increasingly evolved variants of the Windows CE mobile platform.  The PocketPC not only stole market share, but essentially displaced PalmOS-equipped devices from the mainstream PDA market.  Although aggressive marketing and development by Microsoft was a contributing factor, the demise of the PalmOS was also caused by Palm Inc's inability to sufficiently modernize its OS, as well as a refocus in its strategy from software to hardware vendor.  Palm Inc. now solely produces PDA and smartphone devices, while a separate company called ACCESS now owns and develops PalmOS (now Garnet OS), as well as its successor.   

Of particular note is that Windows CE-tan and PalmOS-tan are mortal enemies, and will battle eachother on site regardless of whether Palm-tan is in her independent fairy form, or stuck to an unfortunate and unwilling host.