Press Room
Palm™ Australia appoints Express
Online to extend small and medium business channel
Sept. 2, 2003 -- Palm, Inc. (Nasdaq: PALM) today
announced a distribution agreement with Express Online, increasing
its visibility in Australia's small and medium business
market.
The non-exclusive agreement complements Palm's
existing distributor relationships with Tech Pacific and
Brightpoint,
providing a pure online channel to service the many thousands
of independent resellers across Australia.
"Express Online provides a fast, efficient distribution
option for Palm™ products in Australia," said
Paul Orrock, director of Sales, Palm Australia and New Zealand.
Express
Online resellers can now order from the full Palm Australia
catalogue, including the Tungsten™ range of
robust business-class handhelds for mobile professionals
and the easy-to-use and affordable Zire™ range for consumers
and multimedia enthusiasts.
In a July Express Online survey
of 4,500 resellers, 90 percent of respondents said they planned
to purchase PDA devices
in next 12 months, with 55 percent planning to sell Palm
products. (1)
"The PDA market is a key growth area for our resellers," said
David Gage, general manager, Express Online. "Palm
is the No. 1 brand in the market, and there is a real opportunity
for the smaller resellers to grow the market."
About
Palm, Inc.
Information about Palm, Inc. is available at http://www.palmone.com.
Palm,
Tungsten and Zire are trademarks of Palm, Inc. Other brands
may be trademarks of their respective owners.
(1) In total 339 Express Online resellers responded to the survey.
