Power Hero is a new Treo utility from Hobbyist Software, makers of the essential treo apps Butler and Phone Technician. Power Hero is designed to help you get the most out of your battery life. It features automatic power-saving features, customised scheduling, auto-bluetooth, a power-use console and handy shortcuts to easily control the power-using features on your Treo directly from your launcher.

Power Hero v1.00 for Palm OS is available now with a free trial period. It costs $9.95 to register and is compatible with the Treo 650, 680, 700p, and 755p.

Kinoma has released yet another new version of its superb Kinoma Player EX media player. Bearing version number 4.3.1, this release comes just mere days after version 4.3's release. This new version is primarily a bugfix release to address an issue concerning a streaming issue caused by a YouTube server update that broke Kinoma’s links to YouTube content.

The Kinoma media player brings streaming flash video support for videos from YouTube and Google Video to the Palm OS and has a vast built-in, online streaming media guide for Internet radio and video.

Kinoma Player EX costs $24.95. The update can be downloaded via the program’s integrated version checker or downloaded from the PIC software store.

After a recent posting on his blog in which he stated he'd "been busy with a lot of detailed work on speeding up the video playback on the Foleo", Palm software developer Ben Combee has posted some more information on the Foleo's video capabilities, as well as putting a damper on the possibility of Flash video support any time soon. Seems that while Foleo will indeed use its built-in Marathon accelerator for video functions, Flash video is a little different:

"The Foleo hardware is capable of playback of several video formats as the Marathon 2700G chip accelerates the operations involved in H.263, MPEG-2, and MPEG-4 video. It is possible to use the hardware to support a standalone video player like TCPMP.

MobilityToday has obtained a newly leaked shot of the Palm Centro smartphone. The official looking picture shows a clear and detailed view of the Centro. The Sprint version is shown in a black and silver casing in the now familiar "gandolf" form-factor.

Palm has previously confirmed that the Centro will feature a new, smaller form-factor, EVDO high speed data and a touch screen display. A recent rumor report has indicated the Centro could be released by Sprint around October 14th.

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Palm is indirectly denying the latest rumor report that the Foleo's release date has been delayed. A Palm spokesperson has told PalmInfocenter that the company is still standing by its original timeframe originally announced back in May, saying "U.S. availability for the Palm Foleo mobile companion will begin this summer."

If indeed correct, this would technically give Palm until September 23rd to make the device available. It will debut for $499, after a $100 mail-in rebate. As noted in our previous post, select developers have already received working Foleo models in retail packaging under NDA.

Ukranian developer HeroCraft has just released Stolen in 60 Seconds, a new game for Palm OS 5 devices. The game consists of approximately 24 missions involving the planning and successful execution of a high-stakes jewel heist. Gameplay involves of a combination of puzzle, action and strategic elements, all occurring in real-time. HeroCraft promises the player the use of a selection of twelve thieving tools in order to accomplish the heists.

The Palm OS version of the game supports 320x320 screen resolutions as well as 320x480 and 480x320 on compatible devices. The Tapwave Zodiac 2 is also listed as a supported device but with no mention of any Zodiac-specific enhancements other than 480x320 resolution support. Palm’s LifeDrive, TX, and Tungsten E2, T3 and T5 handhelds and the Treo 650, 680, and 700p smartphones are all listed as compatible devices for this game.

The Sprint-specific version of last month's Verizon ROM update for the Treo 700w/wx is now available for download. This updater brings the Sprint 700wx up to software version 1.15.

The main feature of this update is, similar to the earlier Verizon versions, EVDO Dial Up Networking (DUN) capabilities in addition to Bluetooth A2DP support for audio over Bluetooth stereo headsets and various hands-free enhancements. Since the older Treo 700w was a Verizon-exclusive device, only the 700wx enhancements are pertinent to Sprint's update.

Rumor: Asian industry trade journal Digitimes has a report out that Palm is readying a Linux-based smartphone for an October release. The incredibly vague article is short on details but does say that more Linux-based models are forthcoming in the near future and that the Wind River Linux underpinnings will definitely be part of this new model. The article additionally goes on to say that Windows Mobile-powered products are still on the company's roadmap and, presumably, Palm OS (presumably Garnet) devices will be left to solder on as "non-mainstream technology".

The Digitimes report directly contradicts remarks from Palm CEO Ed Colligan during the last quarterly conference call. In response to a question on next generation smartphones, Colligan clearly stated that products based on a new Linux OS would not debut before sometime in calendar 2008.

Palm Canada and TELUS today announced the exclusive availability of the Palm Treo 755p smartphone in Canada. The CDMA Treo 755p offers TELUS Mobile Email, providing consumer and business clients with automatic updates to their email, calendar, contacts and task information; Google Maps for mobile; as well as the latest Treo design with integrated antenna, slimmer form factor and miniSD slot.

Rumor: Barron's Tech Trader Daily blog is reporting today that Deutsche Bank Palm analyst Jonathan Goldberg has a issued a brief note saying the Foleo's release date has been pushed back due to software issues.

"The product was supposed to hit Palm stores this week, but was delayed when software bugs were detected. These apparently included an inability to synchronize the Foleo with most models of the Treo, in particular the nominally high-volume Treo 680. Our contacts indicate Palm now expects the device will ship in late September/early October."