Palm today introduced its popular Palm Centro smartphone in Venezuela through Movistar. Palm's smallest and lightest smartphone and is now available through Movistar in red and blue.

The Centro is a quad-band GSM/EDGE smartphone running Palm OS Garnet v5.4.9. It has a 320x320 pixel touchscreen display, Bluetooth v1.2, a 1.3 megapixel digital camera with video capture and 64MB of memory. For memory expansion it has a microSD slot. You can find our Centro review here.

Another long time Palm OS developer has decided to make their catalogue available for free. Ellams Software, developer of a number of games going back to the early PDA days, has made all of its titles available as freeware. Ellams offers about 16 games and a few utilities including some classics such as Agent Z and Rapid Racer, to Air Hockey 3D, Jetmam Jack and the classic C64 inspired Heli Rescue.

You can find the full list at Ellams website. Many of the games will run on a wide range of older Palm units going back to Palm OS v3.5. The developer asks for donations if you enjoy the games.

On May 10, the Los Angeles Palm User Group (LAPUG) hosts speaker Utena Yokoshima, Regional Sales Manager, AT&T Business Unit, Research In Motion Limited. Expect lively discussion of RIM/Blackberry technology, comparing it with what Palm offers.

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.

The oft-updated Bulter utility has just seen a new release. Butler is a feature rich Treo/Centro smartphone utility that gives you extended control over a number of options and adds some useful additional tools and utilities. It includes mp3 alarms, customized alerts, remote sms security lock and data wipe, button customization and volume key control, an expanded keyguard, LED control and many other features. This version brings a number of new fixes and incorporates a completely rewritten sliding keyguard to resolve some issues with the new feature.

Butler v4.85 comes with a free trial and costs $14.95 to register.

NoviiMedia has announced that their NoviiRemote Deluxe for Palm software is now compatible with the Palm Centro. NoviiRemote allows Palm OS smartphone and PDA users to control their home entertainment system including TV, VCR, Cable/Sat, TiVo, DVD player and more. The software works as a high-end universal remote control and offers unlimited user-defined options, customizable controls and finger/stylus based operation.

NoviiRemote Deluxe v3.73 is available for purchase from NoviiMedia's website for $34.99. A trial version is also available.

Electric Pocket has brought its highly popular BlackBerry digital audio player over to Windows Mobile devices. FlipSide incorporates all the features one would expect from a quality audio player, however its "swooshing" album art interface makes this one unique. FlipSlide lets users scroll through the Album Covers, or flick through them using your finger on the screen, then click on the navigation button to open up a vertical list of the tracks. The software will also download missing album artwork, provide biographies of the artists and recommend similar tunes as well.

FlipSide MP3 Player for Windows Mobile v1.0 is available now for $19.95. It comes with a fully functional, free 3-day trial period.

UK Network Operator O2 is now offering the Treo 500 in the UK. Aimed at business users, the Treo 500 smartphone is available across O2's top 100 stores as well as through its direct sales teams and online shop. The device, which comes in charcoal grey, is available free from O2 on select Pay Monthly tariffs, dependent on the tariff taken.

The Treo 500 is a Windows Mobile 6 (Smartphone edition) powered smartphone. It comes equipped with a full qwerty keyboard and a 240x320 pixel transflective display. It has a tri-band GSM radio supporting the 900/1800/1900 bands and UTMS 2100. It also includes 256MB memory with 150MB available for user storage, a 2 megapixel digital camera, Bluetooth 2.0 and a microSD expansion slot.

MetaViewSoft has released version 1.0 of their finger optimized contacts scroller and dialer for the Palm OS. 2Cool4U gives you a flickable, touchscreen optimized display of your existing contacts. It's slide and scroll features give you quick access to your contacts and making calls is streamlined with one finger access and large thumb friendly buttons. The new version now offers skin support and comes with a couple of built in choices, full contact pictures, a finger scrollable call log, SIM contacts and much more.

2Cool4U v1.0 for Palm OS is available now for $15.00. It is currently on sale for $10 for a limited time. You can watch a clip of it in action after the break.

Mobile Game Developer Outfit PDAMill has decided to make their entire Palm OS game catalogue available for free. The company recently decided to discontinue development on Palm OS, and are now making their line of high quality titles available fully unlocked and free of charge.

Games include: Arvale: Journey of Illusion, Snails, GameBox Solitaire I & II, GameBox Classic, GameBox Gems and GameBox Asia. The games all require Palm OS 5 or higher and a high resolution screen. Most titles also support 320x480 mode as well. PDAMill notes that the games come without warranty and support and warns that they may not be compatible with all devices. You can find the full list here.

On Sale CorePlayer Mobile for PalmOS 1.2.3 LightWav - MP3 Ringtone+CallerID Manager 2.8.2 PictureID - Full screen Pic callerID 1.2.1 Premium 639 Ringtones 65 Wallpapers 1.0 FakeCall - Get out of boring meetings 2.3 PalmaryClock Wireless for Treo 1.3 NinerPaint 1.9R2 Pool Deluxe 1.45 PalmaryClock for Treo 3.5 A-Lex Talking English Dictionary with Synonym 2.6

New Software Unveil 1.0 Gemsled 1.0 Personal Planning 1.0 HandStarter 1.3 Hot Car 1.5 IEO-Mileage-Track 2.0 2Cool4U 1.0 CallBlock Basic Edition 2.0 CallBlock Free Edition 2.0 Platypus for Palm OS 1.00

Updated Software DaCapo 5.2 ChordLab 2.5.5 SplashID for Palm OS 4.14 mRSS 5.0 BlackJack Deluxe 1.37 Almond 3.5.1 Weather 0.60 Mobicue for most popular phones 1.3.0 Mobicue for Motorola phones 1.3.0 mOcean 3.2.3

MotionApps has released a new version of its RSS feed reader for Palm OS. mRSS v5.0 brings a new look and an "advanced user interface" that sports hand gestures and finger optimized control. Like any proper feed reader should, mRSS can can download and display the latest news and content from numerous sources of your choice. This new version also allows you to easily send feeds and subscriptions to your device from your desktop computer and has a built in supply of recommended sources.

mRSS v5.0 for Palm OS is available now for $19.99. It comes with a free trial period. It is compatible with the Palm Centro, Treo 755p/700p/680/650 and 600.