Palm.net was a wireless data communication service enabling limited wireless access of the

World Wide Web The World Wide Web (WWW or simply the Web) is an information system that enables Content (media), content sharing over the Internet through user-friendly ways meant to appeal to users beyond Information technology, IT specialists and hobbyis ...

, provided for certain

Palm, Inc. Palm, Inc., was an American company that specialized in manufacturing personal digital assistants (PDAs) and developing software. Palm designed the PalmPilot, the first PDA successfully marketed worldwide, and was known for the Treo 600, one ...

Personal Digital Assistant A personal digital assistant (PDA) is a multi-purpose mobile device which functions as a personal information manager. Following a boom in the 1990s and 2000s, PDAs were mostly displaced by the widespread adoption of more highly capable smar ...

s. Connectivity was provided through the

Mobitex Mobitex is an OSI based open standard, national public access wireless packet-switched data network. Mobitex puts great emphasis on safety and reliability with its use by military, police, firefighters and ambulance services. It was developed in ...

network. Web Clipping applications made use of the network to process data. The cost of service was $14.95 per month, and allowed a limited number of web pages to be viewed. The initial Palm model to be capable of using the service was the

Palm VII The Palm VII was a personal digital assistant made by the Palm Computing division of 3Com. The device featured an antenna used for wireless data communication, a first for a Palm device. Connectivity was provided through the Mobitex network, und ...

, which made it the first standalone PDA to be capable of wireless internet access. Later models included the Palm VIIx and

Palm i705 Palm most commonly refers to: * Palm of the hand, the central region of the front of the hand * Palm plants, of family Arecaceae ** List of Arecaceae genera ** Palm oil * Several other plants known as "palm" Palm or Palms may also refer to: Musi ...

. The service started in 1999 and was discontinued on August 31, 2004.

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