EXHIBIT 99.9 ASSIGNMENT OF PROMISSORY NOTE FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell, assign and transfer unto: PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- or order - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- the attached Settlement Funding Promissory Note of Handspring, Inc., a Delaware - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Corporation payable to Handspring Facility Company, LLC as payee. - ----------- -------------------------------- Dated January 29, 2003 Handspring Facility Company, LLC, ----------------------- a Delaware limited liability company By: Handspring, Inc., a Delaware corporation, its Managing Member By: /s/ Donna Dubinsky ---------------------------------- Name: Donna Dubinsky --------------------------------- Title: CEO -------------------------------- THE SIGNATURE(S) ON THIS ASSIGNMENT MUST CORRESPOND WITH THE NAME(S) ON THE FACE OF THE PROMISSORY NOTE IN EVERY PARTICULAR, WITHOUT ALTERNATION OR ENLARGEMENT OR ANY CHANGE.