Handmark today released two new games for smartphones. The company has released mobile versions of the popular TV game shows Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune for Palm OS and Windows Mobile devices. Jeopardy! Deluxe features questions and content from the show, custom avatars, animated game elements, transitions and a realistic interface that simulates the TV show. Wheel of Fortune Deluxe also features the same elements and interface from the TV show. It has three modes of play (solo, against the computer and toss-up rounds). You can even get fresh daily content with Category of the Day game mode.

Both titles are available now from Handmark for $14.99 each. At this time, there does not appear to be trial versions. Video demos of each app can be viewed here.

Palm's US based online store is now accepting pre-orders for the Treo Pro smartphone. As expected, the unlocked GSM version is selling for $549.00. The Pro is available in Obsidian Black and the site currently states orders "usually ship" in 2 - 3 weeks. Palm is also offering free shipping on all orders from the Palm Store.

Announced in late August, the Treo Pro is Palm's first radically redesigned Treo in a number of years. The feature packed Windows Mobile powered smartphone sports a sleek and glossy design, in a much slimmer form factor. For more details you can read our in-depth Treo Pro review and watch the initial unboxing video.

While not as popular in the United States as competing smartphone platforms, the Nokia-owned Symbian S60 OS enjoys widespread popularity in other global markets, especially in Europe. So it will come as great news to many current and former Palm OS now on Symbian that the StyleTap Palm OS emulator has now entered the beta phase (albeit a closed beta) for Series 60 devices.

The Symbian-Guru site, recently posted a detailed initial impressions overview of the StyleTap Symbian S60 beta build. For users curious to see how touchscreen-enabled Palm OS apps are ported over to a non-touchscreen S60 environment, the article details the use of an on-screen cursor to highlight the appropriate onscreen areas. Apparently no use of hard application buttons or a directional pad is provided. Several admittedly coarse-looking screenshots are included within the article as well.

On September 13, the Los Angeles Palm User Group (LAPUG) hosts Sprint's Mike Blecher, Senior Account Manager and member of President's Circle Sprint-Nextel Business. Mike will discuss three Sprint devices: the Palm Centro, Blackberry Curve and Samsung Instinct. Besides contrasting the Centro with the other two, he'll also contrast the Instinct with the iPhone, since Sprint considers the Instinct its iPhone killer. And since AT&T recently presented their Blackberry offerings at this meeting, he'll contrast what Sprint offers in terms of Blackberry devices and service vis a vis AT&T.

LAPUG, recently resurrected last October, meets in Santa Monica, California, the second Saturday of each month. All interested in Palm and competing handheld devices are welcome to share in discussions. The agenda and further meeting details are discussed in the LAPUG Yahoo group.

PalmarySoft has released a new update for its PalmaryClock Wireless application. PalmaryClock is a full-featured clock with built in weather forecasting, skin and background support, unlimited alarms and times, currency conversion, a slideshow mode and an ability to start and schedule any program installed on your device. Updates include a new option to send and sms with an alarm or timer action, category support for alarms, full Centro support and a number of misc bug fixes.

PalmaryClock Wireless v1.4 is available now for $19.95. A free trial period is included. It is currently on sale for $12.95 for a limited time.

Brixter is a newly released game for Palm OS devices from Bapsoft. Brixster is a unique and engaging puzzle game that combines elements of Tetris and Bejeweled. The purpose of the game is to arrange the blocks to clears rows in order to reveal the hidden picture. Multiple rounds of hidden pictures and animations create an addictive experience. The game also has a nice auto save feature so you can resume interrupted games at a later time.

Brixter v1.0 is available now for Palm OS v5.0 and higher devices. It comes with a free trial version and sells for $14.95.

Along with the new green-ish Sprint Centro color comes news of a new "green" initiative from Palm. Officially entitled "Palm Environmental Stewardship", this effort has been hinted at in the high quality yet waste-free Treo Pro packaging that's vaguely Apple-esque in its simplicity and design. Palm has now posted a new page to the corporate section of their site highlighting their commitment to the environment using a variety of eco-friendly techniques such being RoHS-compliant since 2006.

The new Treo Pro is, unsurprisingly, the focal point of the new section's focus and it stands to reason that this is just the tip of the iceberg for a revamped corporate initiative in product packaging and aesthetics, as you can see in Ryan's unboxing and initial hands-on video preview from a few weeks ago.

Long-time e-book seller eReader has finally made a mobile browser-optimized version of their online store for wireless users, including full support for Palm OS devices. Launched last week, the beta mobile "m.ereader.com" version of the site features almost the entire functionality of the full version, including the ability to input eReader's weekly discount coupon codes when making purchase. The eBooks are delivered OTA to the user's Palm OS device as an encrypted PDB file (tied to the purchasers' credit card information) and can be saved in the internal memory or to an external expansion card.

"We've just launched our new mobile website. Now you can browse, buy, install and start reading right away from your mobile device. Great for last-minute purchases before boarding that airplane. Just point your mobile browser to m.ereader.com."

In what is certain to be received with a sigh of relief from power users everywhere, longtime accessory aces Seidio have finally released a higher-capacity OEM-sized battery for the Palm Centro and Treo 800w.

First up is the new Innocell 1350. This new release fits both the Treo 800w and Centro under their stock battery doors. Packing 1350mAh, an improvement of 15% over the stock 1150mAh battery, the boost provided by this battery is not as large of a leap forward as Seidio's past batteries. However, considering the slim dimensions of the stock Palm battery, any improvement is greatly appreciated, especially with the power-hungry GPS and wi-fi capabilities built into the Treo 800w.

An employee from the Accessory outfit Seidio has quietly confirmed via a forum post that Seidio's plans to release a microUSB to 3.5mm stereo headphone adapter for the Treo 800w has become much more difficult than originally anticipated. Therefore, according to the company's representative seidioseidio, Seidio has postponed (IE: cancelled) their plans to produce the adapter.

Treo 800w users wishing to utilize their existing high-quality stereo headphones or earbuds must therefore install a microUSB 2.5mm headset adapter and then a 2.5mm to 3.5mm adapter (such as the cumbersome Palm model I reviewed here) attached to that. The only alternatives for kludge-free music listening on the 800w remain Bluetooth A2DP wireless and the handful of standard microUSB stereo headsets on the market.

Palm's European web store (specifically the UK version) is now taking pre-orders on the Treo Pro smartphone. Pre-orders for the sim-free unlocked version start at £399. The store states that order fulfillment will begin the week of September 15th.

The Treo Pro is Palm's new Quad-Band GSM phone (850/900/1800/1900MHz) with Tri-Band 3G HSDPA/UMTS (850/1900/2100MHz) support. It runs Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional Edition on a 400 MHz Qualcomm MSM7201 processor with a 320x320 pixel flush touchscreen, 256MB memory (100MB user available), microSD expansion (up to 32GB supported), built in Wi-Fi (802.11b/g with WPA, WPA2, and 801.1x authentication), Bluetooth 2.0, GPS and a 2.0 megapixel camera.