Palm, Inc. has announced that Palm's Chief Financial Officer Andrew J. Brown is scheduled to present at the JPMorgan SMid Cap Conference in Boston on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2007 at 2:50 p.m. Eastern Time. The company invites investors to listen to the live webcast, details here.

At this time it is unknown what the topics slated for presentation include. However, the encouraging early sales figures for Palm's latest smartphone, the Centro, are likely to receive at least some time in the spotlight.

Seidio is now offering a new holster case for the Palm Centro smartphone. The Seidio rubberized spring clip holster features a sleek, low-profile design for easy one-handed access. It is comprised of a strong polycarbonate inside and a soft rubberized material outside and has a unique rotating spring clip so you can easily slip your Centro in and out of the holster with one hand.

The Seidio Holster for Palm Centro is available for pre-order now for $24.95. It is expected to begin shipping shortly. As with all orders from the PIC Accessory Store shipping starts at $5.95 and is covered by our 30-day 100% money back guarantee on accessory purchases.

Another article has appeared to reinforce the Palm Centro's strong initial showing amongst members of the press and the mainstream media outlets. Matthew Miller of ZDnet's "The Mobile Gadgeteer" blog, has posted a new review/opinion piece entitled "The Palm Centro; at $99.99 it really isn’t a hard choice”.

This ZDnet review essentially reinforces Palm’s claim that the Palm Centro is the perfect candidate to convert featurephone owners into new smartphone users. Palm's new entry-level Centro is winning praise left and right with many similar articles written by non-smartphone users or former Treo owners that are returning to the platform due to the Centro's affordability and size.

Kinoma has released a big update for its Kinoma Player EX media player. The Kinoma player brings comprehensive streaming audio and video support to Palm OS devices and includes a large built in media guide and numerous other features. New in v4.4 is the ability to search for YouTube and Google Video, radio stations and images from within the media guide. It also includes streaming improvements when the screen is off, better keyguard handling and a new play-once-and-stop mode.

Kinoma Player 4.4 EX for Palm OS and StyleTap costs $24.95. The update can be download via the integrated version checker or downloaded from the PIC software store. The update is free for registered users. You can check out Kris' previous review here.

Right on the heels of the Show Off update comes an update Hobbyist Software's Phone Technician. This handy app, one of my favorite Treo utilities of all time, is now up to version 2.97. See my review here.

This new version primarily adds Centro support as well as incorporating Hobbyist's new registration system. Also added is ability to turn the screen off with the Alt key as well as the option key. Other minor bugfixes and tweaks are also present in this new version. Fortunately for Centro users, the need for Phone Technician's volume boost is mitigated due to the Centro's excellent earpiece and speakerphone volume, per Ryan's Centro review.

MMPlayer has recently received a new round of small updates. MMPlayer is a media player capable of playing many standard audio and video files. It supports DivX, AVI, Matroska, 3GP, mpeg-1 and mpeg-2 video plus Ogg, mp3, Shoutcast, podcasts and MIDI audio. Updates include improved support for video and audio on Treo devices, numerous bug fixes and improved background play.

MMPlayer v2.0.5 for Palm OS is available now for $17.95 and includes a free trial version.

Cryptex is a new personal data storage application for Palm OS from PSSMobile. The software can store your private accounts, passwords and logins in a encrypted, password protected database. Encryption is provided by a strong RC4 algorithm. It has support for an unlimited number of entries, categories and has template support. It also features color themes, icons and can export to the memo pad. The latest version as of this writing is v0.7b and is available for free. (via jkOnTheRun)

Palm has released a rom update for the unlocked or unbranded Treo 750. The update includes Windows Mobile 6 Professional and a number of other enhancements including improved calendar management, enhance email messaging, voice command via bluetooth and usb cable charging.

While Palm is not widely known as being an accessory supplier, their line of Bluetooth headsets has quietly reached the 3rd generation with the release of the new Palm Wireless Headset Series 3. This unit is most likely a rebranded offering, much like how the 2nd-generation Palm 3265WW was a re-branded Plantronics Discovery 640/645.

Palm's prices for their branded Bluetooth headsets have come down tremendously in the past year, with this latest release sporting a reasonably MSRP of only $69.99, although this version omits the bundled AC charger of both previous Palm headsets as well as the generous accessory bundle found in the package of its predecessor.

According to the Wireless Week industry trade journal, a new version of the cancelled Foleo Mobile Companion running on Palm's next-generation Linux OS is still very much in Palm’s future product plans. Brad Smith of Wireless Week has posted a new article, "Palm Still Tracking the Foleo", discussing comments made by Palm's Joe Fabris (formerly of Microsoft) Amidst the frenzy of the recent CTIA show, about the company’s future plans.

One of the few areas where the older, bulkier 650/700-series Treos possess a distinct advantage the newer, sleeker brethren is in the area of battery capacity. For example, the 700w/wx/p CDMA Treos of 2006 ship with a standard 1800mAh battery, as opposed to the 1600mAh battery found in this year’s 755p. The GSM Treo 680 and 750 fare even worse with a feeble 1200mAh stock battery. Fortunately, aftermarket accessory specialist Seidio has come to the rescue yet again with a new extended battery for the Treo 755p that still fits under the stock Palm battery cover. While the previously available 2100mAh Treo 755p battery provided a reasonable boost over the standard battery, power users were still left wanting for a bit more talk time, especially if they upgraded to the 755p from an older 650 or 700-series device.