Posted Wednesday, March 5, 2008 9:42:02 AM PST
by Ryan Kairer
PalmarySoft has released new versions of their Palmary Clock application.
PalmaryClock is now up to v3.5, while
Palmary Clock Wireless Edition is updated to v1.3. Both apps feature stylish and comprehensive clock and alarm functionality with the ability to add custom skins and backgrounds, stopwatches, world map views, sunrise/sunset times, moon phases and much more. The wireless edition includes Treo specific enhancements, weather information, atomic time synchronization and an online currency converter. Updates include a new alarm manager, a revised world time window, bugfixes and support for the latest devices.
PalmaryClock Wireless is available for $19.95, the standard PalmaryClock is sold for $14.95. Both include free trial versions.
Posted Tuesday, March 4, 2008 12:27:05 PM PST
by Ryan Kairer
Amazon.com is now offering the Palm Centro for free after rebates when purchased with a new service plan. The offer is good on both the recently announced
AT&T Centro and the
Black and
Red versions on Sprint.
The rebates total up to $350 and include a conditional $250 discount that requires you to keep the service and keep your account in "good standing" for six months. The offer is only good for new service plan purchases.
Posted Tuesday, March 4, 2008 10:34:16 AM PST
by Ryan Kairer
Motricity, mobile content provider and the owner of the former PalmGear and current PocketGear software distribution sites, has announced a significant reduction in its workforce and a shift in corporate strategy. The company has also made public its intention to discontinue "non-profitable and non-core businesses" including the planned divestiture of Pocketgear.com.
In a statement the Durham, NC company said they expects to reduce their workforce by approximately 250 positions over the next nine months. They are also moving their headquarters to Bellevue, WA, which is where their most recent acquisition, InfoSpace Mobile, is based.
Posted Tuesday, March 4, 2008 9:55:48 AM PST
by Ryan Kairer
The Stanford PalmPilot User Group meets at 7 pm on the first Tuesday of each month.
The March fourth meeting will feature a demo of the AT&T Palm Centro smartphone.
Posted Monday, March 3, 2008 8:57:24 AM PST
by Ryan Kairer
iambic has released a new application for Palm OS devices.
Vehicle Manager is an automotive oriented application that enables you to keep tabs on a single car, and can scale up to keep track of a whole fleet. It records a variety of information about automotive vitals as well as recurring expenses such as scheduled maintenances and gas fill-ups. You can also track fuel consumption and fill up history, insurance and registration info, track trips and calculate the cars total cost of ownership. In addition to the mobile client, there is a Windows Desktop version
from iambic as well.
Vehicle Manager for Palm OS v3.5 is available for $19.95. A free trial period is included. Vehicle Manager is also available for Windows Mobile.
Posted Monday, March 3, 2008 8:41:19 AM PST
by Ryan Kairer
SHAPE Services has updated their remote desktop client for Palm OS.
RDM+ Remote Desktop enables you to remotely access your home or laptop computer even through NAT systems and firewalls. You can send and receive emails, surf web, edit documents in word processor, copy, cut, paste files or folders and do hundreds other things that you typically do sitting in front of your home or office computer. RDM+ uses strong encryption protocols to securely connect to your Windows XP or Vista computer. This update includes a new file manager feature.
RDM+ v3.6.8 for Palm OS is available now for $34.95 USD. It comes with a fully functional seven day trial.
Posted Sunday, March 2, 2008 7:17:19 PM PST
by Kris Keilhack
A new
ChangeWave survey has been released indicating a groundswell in increased popularity among corporate customers for Research In Motion's BlackBerry platform. This gain for RIM comes at the expense of Palm's Treo smartphone line, which has plummeted to third place behind Apple and barely ahead of industry stalwarts Motorola and Samsung.
Of those surveyed, 73% claimed that a BlackBerry device was their company-issued smartphone of choice. Only 18% of the survey's respondents chimed in with Treo usage, dramatically down 10% from a year ago and down 5% since this past August.
Posted Friday, February 29, 2008 9:39:38 AM PST
by Kris Keilhack
In case anyone has not had their fill of depressing Palm OS-related news this week, we have just received word that Garmin has officially discontinued their final two Palm OS-based handhelds with integrated GPS functionality. In actuality,
Garmin's PDA line has been dying a long, protracted death for several years as the company
shifted its focus to
standalone GPS navigators and add-on
mapping software partnered with a Bluetooth GPS receiver such as the Mobile 10, 20 and
XT packages.
Garmin's iQue 3600a, the specialized aviation version of the original iQue 3600, has finally been put out to pasture, juding by the product's "discontinued" status on its web page.
Posted Thursday, February 28, 2008 11:17:20 AM PST
by Ryan Kairer
Palm is now offering an Unlocked GSM version of the
Palm Centro in select asian countries. Palm's
Hong Kong and
Singapore websites now advertise the availability of a Glacier White Centro with a grey accented keypad.
Neither site is showing an official price or availability date. The "buy page" currently lists a directory of retailers. Crave is reporting that it will go on sale on March 6 in Singapore for S$598.
Posted Thursday, February 28, 2008 10:32:24 AM PST
by Kris Keilhack
As we mentioned last month when covering the availability of
additional OEM batteries by Palm for the new
Centro smartphone, one of the major drawbacks of that device's smaller physical size is reduced battery capacity. While heavy-duty Centro users are doubtless still eagerly awaiting a higher-capacity OEM size battery from Seidio, a new 2000mAh battery has just surprisingly been released by Sprint.
Available at the Sprint-Nextel online accessory store, the 2000mAh Extended battery appears to be considerably thicker than the stock Centro battery. The battery nearly doubles the juice provided by the stock 1150mAh battery and, at the same $49.99 as the 1150mAh Palm replacement battery, looks to be a better value for heavy-duty Centro users who can live with the added bulk and weight as well as a black battery door. Unfortunately, the purchase price of the battery does not include a new replacement door, so an additional $7.99 must be factored into the equation.
Posted Thursday, February 28, 2008 9:56:40 AM PST
by Kris Keilhack
SplashData, makers of the fantastic Splash suite of multi-platform mobile apps, has just released an update to their
SplashID program for Palm OS devices. SplashID is an easy-to-use program that offers fast and secure encrypted storage of passwords, serial numbers, and any other type of valuable personal information that must be kept confidential.
SplashID for Palm OS devices is now up to version 4.11, dated February 18, 2008. This update addresses a handful of bugs in both the desktop and handheld components of this app, including some issues with the new Centro smartphone. A full list of the bugfixes can be found on the SplashID release notes page.
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