EXHIBIT 32.1

                    CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
                                   PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

    I, Donna L. Dubinsky, certify that the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
fiscal year ended June 28, 2003 fully complies with the requirements in Sections
13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and that the information
contained in such Annual Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the
financial condition and results of operations of Handspring, Inc. for the
periods being presented.

                                                /s/   Donna L. Dubinsky
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                                                   Donna L. Dubinsky
                                                Chief Executive Officer

Date: August 26, 2003