Flood of Product Announcements Begins

With PalmSource 2000 kicking off, there has been a large number of product announcements in a very short amount of time. In addition to the ones already noted (PrintBoy, adAlive), we have announcements from Filemaker, Jawz, NTRU, Synchrologic, and TealPoint.

FileMaker announced the availability of FileMaker Mobile Companion, a complement to the FileMaker Pro 5.0 version 3. With FileMaker Mobile users will be able to transfer and synchronize data between FileMaker Pro databases and Palm-OS based PDAs.

Jawz has launched DataGator, which automatically encrypts all data on a user's Palm. DataGator is application independent and works in the background to secure all record-based applications such as a database or contact list. Also, NTRU plans to announce that it is moving its cryptography tools to the Palm OS.

New features for Synchrologic's iMobile Suite allows users to sync data -- including address book, calendar, memos, and to-do lists -- between their Palm devices and Microsoft Exchange or Lotus Notes servers.

TealPoint Software announced the release of TealMovie Multimedia System, which lets a user's Palm play video and animation. The entertainment-minded app can be used in sales, marketing, training, service, and maintenance operations.