Krystaloids is a new game for Palm OS devices. Krystaloids bills itself as a space shoot’em-up that builds on the classic Asteroids format with modern graphics and updated gameplay. As a space "garbage man", you have to eliminate the alien Krystaloids which generate asteroids and disorder space journeys. You are equipped with a ship and can utilize lasers, bombs, and teleport bonuses to eliminate the Krystaloid extra-terrestrials threatening your interstellar fleet.

Krystaloids v1.15 is available for Palm OS 5 devices and includes a free trial. It costs $14.95 and is currently on sale for $12.95 for a limited time.

Palm OS fell another step further behind today, with the news that Google's new My Location service won't be coming on board anytime soon. Not that the Goog is to blame - apparently, poor old Garnet just doesn't have the ability. Google's Barry Schnitt has told PIC:

"The Palm OS doesn't offer the API we need to access the ID number of the cell tower the phones is associated with at a given time. Thus, we can't currently offer the My Location feature for Palm OS phones."

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The "full" YouTube access offered by Apple's iPhone has become something of the Holy Grail when comparing the capabilities of various wireless devices and smartphones. Now a new portal site, BlueApple.mobi, has quietly launched.

BlueApple offers Palm OS users full access to popular video repositories such as YouTube, Google Video, and Metacafe via the embedded "lite" version of the Kinoma Player offered by Palm beginning with the 680, 755p and Centro. The site transcodes a variety of popular online media formats (including Flash and Quicktime) to the widely-supported 3GP, 3G2 and WMV mobile-optimized codecs.

Despite the near-monopoly of Palm Inc’s line of Palm OS devices, there are still a handful of other licensees producing Palm OS devices for industrial/vertical applications. One such manufacturer of a specialized, niche Palm OS device is Aceeca with their Meazura handheld, a highly ruggedized handheld intended for industrial applications.

A new beta ROM version for the Meazura Rugged Digital Assistant has just been released. This is primarily a bugfix release intended to address issues when low battery power is present or an improper battery type is found. The EFIGS updater is available for download on Aceeca forum's Beta ROM thread. This release is intended for testing purposes only and not for distribution.

In a rapid closure of the events first mentioned here earlier this month, the PalmGear.com domain is now officially shuttered as of November 27th. All traffic to the PalmGear.com site is now being redirected to the "new" hybrid PocketGear.com site in a effort to swiftly dissolve all references to the classic PalmGear domain, URL and branding.

In addition to the main PalmGear site closure and redirection, Motricity, the owner of both the PalmGear and PocketGear trademarks, domains, and online stores, has also closed down their network of affiliate sites. One casualty of these closures was that our very own PIC/PalmGear store was terminated without prior notification. The ACCESS (formerly PalmSource) and PalmGear co-branded store has also vanished with only a brief message to inform customers of the closure.

Palm's 2in1 Stereo Headset Pro is now available from the PIC accessory store. The headset uses a 2.5mm jack and provides quality stereo audio and a microphone bud with a call/end button for use as a phone headset.

We reviewed this headset over the summer and Kris gave it some decent remarks but knocked it for its high $50 msrp. It's now available in our store at a much more reasonable $29.95 making it a much more attractive option for both listening to music and for taking calls on your smartphone.

Softick has updated its Card Export II software for Palm OS. Card Export allows you to use your Palm device as a memory card reader with your desktop computer. It emulates a USB Mass Storage device to mount any SD memory card without the need for any additional drivers or a standard card reader. The latest updates include full support for the Treo 755p and Palm Centro, and it also resolves issues with some Palm OS 4.0 devices.

Softick Card Export II v2.27 for Palm OS is available for $14.95. It supports all Palm OS 4 and higher devices and includes a free evaluation version.

The Stanford Palm User Group will be holding its 10th Anniversary Meeting on December 4th. The meeting will feature a demo by Cheryl Marquez of Access Systems Americas of the Garnet (formerly Palm OS) Virtual Machine beta running on a Nokia Nseries Internet tablet.

Palm and Claro today announced the Palm Treo 750 smartphone in Brazil, the first Windows Mobile based Treo smartphone to take advantage of Claro's network. The Treo 750 offers the world-class Palm experience on Microsoft's Windows Mobile 5.0 operating system.

One of the best mobile applications just got a little better. The recently-released version 2.0 of Google Maps Mobile has added a new location-tracking feature - creatively titled "My Location" - that works without GPS, triangulating your position based on the feedback from nearby cell towers. According to Google, this works faster than GPS and has the added bonus of working indoors, where sat-nav gps does not. By hitting 0 on a compatible handset, Google Maps will display a blue dot to indicate your location.