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| ====== Hander ====== | ====== Handera ====== |
| **[[http://handera.com/|Handera]]** is an engineering company, based in Iowa, US. Its focus is //on engineering services, product development, and ODM Products with a particular focus on portable electronic devices and aggressive design schedules//. From 1999 to [[http://www.palminfocenter.com/view_story.asp?ID=5242|2003]] Handera was a Palm OS licensee. It released two Palm OS devices - [[http://pencomputing.com/palm/Reviews/trgpro.html|TRGpro]] and [[http://www.palminfocenter.com/view_Story.asp?ID=1948|Handera 330]]. A successor of Handera 330 with color screen was [[http://www.palminfocenter.com/news/9282/interview-with-handera/|close to production]], but not officially released ([[http://www.palminfocenter.com/comments/9282/#130681|1]]), ([[https://old.reddit.com/r/Palm/comments/cqzute/prepare_your_jealousometers_for_overload/|2]]). | **[[http://handera.com/|Handera]]** is an engineering company, based in Iowa, USA. Their stated focus is on "engineering services, product development, and ODM Products with a particular focus on portable electronic devices and aggressive design schedules". |
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| | From 1999 to [[http://www.palminfocenter.com/view_story.asp?ID=5242|2003]] Handera was a Palm OS licensee, and during this time released two devices running Palm OS. |
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| | In late 1999 they released the [[http://pencomputing.com/palm/Reviews/trgpro.html|TRGpro]]. The name originates from the previous company name, the Technology Resource Group. This device featured CF card slot for expansion, and a speaker for WAV audio playback. |
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| | The second model was the [[http://www.palminfocenter.com/view_Story.asp?ID=1948|Handera 330, released in early 2001]]. A third device featuring a colour screen, the Handera 330c, was developed and [[http://www.palminfocenter.com/news/9282/interview-with-handera/|close to production]], but was never officially released ([[http://www.palminfocenter.com/comments/9282/#130681|1]]), ([[https://old.reddit.com/r/Palm/comments/cqzute/prepare_your_jealousometers_for_overload/|2]]). |
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| Handera was one of the early innovators for the Palm Platform. Among their contributions to the platform were: | Handera was one of the early innovators for the Palm Platform. Among their contributions to the platform were: |
| * **built-in speaker** on Handera 330. | * **built-in speaker** on Handera 330. |
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| Handera probably contributed for ODM to other Palm OS licensees like AlphaSmart ([[https://www.pencomputing.com/palm/Pen47/dana.html|1]]), ([[http://www.palminfocenter.com/view_story.asp?ID=4378|2]]) and Samsung ([[https://www.glassdoor.com/Overview/Working-at-HandEra-EI_IE11117.11,18.htm|1]]), ([[http://www.palminfocenter.com/comments/4173/#64011|2]]). | As an ODM, Handera is known to have collaborated with other Palm OS licensees, and were involved in the development of the [[devices:dana|AlphaSmart Dana]] ([[https://www.pencomputing.com/palm/Pen47/dana.html|1]]), ([[http://www.palminfocenter.com/view_story.asp?ID=4378|2]]) and some Palm OS smartphone devices by Samsung ([[https://www.glassdoor.com/Overview/Working-at-HandEra-EI_IE11117.11,18.htm|1]]), ([[http://www.palminfocenter.com/comments/4173/#64011|2]]). |