With the beginning of the 2007 NFL season only a few weeks away, Toysoft has released mySchedule NFL 2007 edition. mySchedule NFL includes all 32 National Football League team's regular schedules, AFC and NFC standings and full team rosters. The program also includes TV listings, exporting to the datebook/calendar, weekly scores and game summaries and updated Vegas betting odds. Registered users will get continuos standing, scores and roster updates though the season for free.

mySchedule NFL 2007 v1.1 for Palm OS is available now for $14.95 (currently on sale for $12.95 for a limited time). It is also compatible with Windows Mobile devices via the StyleTap emulator.

Engadget has posted a scathing editorial/open letter piece entitled, "Dear Palm: It's time for an intervention" in which Palm is taken to task for a variety of issues surrounding their Treo and Foleo product lines.

Engadget’s Peter Rojas is the primary author of the lengthy piece, which begins with a retrospective look at Palm’s past innovations in the PDA world starting with 1996's Pilot. The article supports Palm’s efforts at changing the handheld computing landscape after numerous larger manufacturers failed to capitalize upon the tremendous potential of PDA-style devices. It goes on to offer a variety of suggestions for improvement targeted at Palm's hardware, their OS, their bundled software and "other stuff" which is essentially advice to jettison the Foleo immediately and reshuffle Palm's development and marketing efforts.

The Palm.com Store is now offering the Treo 680 smartphone for FREE after a $50 mail-in rebate. This limited time offer includes free shipping and is only valid when purchased with a new line of service. The offer runs though September 16th.

In addition, Palm's online store is also offering the Palm GPS Navigator Car Kit for FREE after mail-in rebate with the purchase of select new Treo smartphones with new service activation. The GPS kit is regularly a $219 value. You can read our review of the kit here. This promo includes the Treo 700p, 700wx, 755p and 750 and runs through September 1st.

Kinoma has released a new version of its Kinoma Player EX media player. Kinoma media player software 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. You can check out Kris' previous review here. Updates include network and streaming improvements, enhanced rss/xml support for more types of media feeds, authentication support for password protected streams and feeds and better camera/webcam support.

Kinoma Player 4.3 EX 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.

Rumor: Phonenews.com has posted what looks to be a legitimate Sprint release roadmap that’s chock full of information. The earlier reports of a low-end Garnet-based Treo for CDMA networks turned out to be entirely accurate, as seen in Palm's semi-announcement last week of the Palm Centro smartphone.

This EVDO-enabled device, to exclusively debut on Sprint sometime this fall, is the Palm OS version of the rumored "Gandolf" seen in recent PIC photos and video. Phonenews' article mentions that the release date of the Centro, now codenamed "Gryphon" is Oct 14th and that the rumored $99 price with contract is indeed accurate.

Softick has released not one but two updates for their popular Palm OS A2DP solution, Audio Gateway. New tin the latest 1.14 version is improved call handling on the Treo 755p, AVRCP support for MotionApps' mOcean, Motorola S9 compatibility and a revised Bluetooth connection sequence. There are also a few bug fixes, including a patch for a nasty conflict with Versamail's Auto Sync.

Gx5'svery popular treo app, DialByPhoto is on sale for 50% off this week. DialByPhoto adds a new highly customizable and graphically enhanced Treo phone experience and lets you speed dial your favorite acquaintances that you call regularly with photo icons and much more. You can read our review of the previous v1.0 release.

DialByPhoto is discounted down to $7.50 though this Friday, August 24. It is regularly priced at $14.95. It comes with a free trial period and is compatible with the Treo 650, 680, 700p and 755p.

In an announcement at San Francisco’s recent Linuxworld conference, longtime Palm OS developers Normsoft have revealed they are bringing their popular Pocket Tunes music player to the Palm Foleo. Mark Belliveau, Normsoft’s VP of Marketing and Business Development, has provided Palminfocenter with a few details as well as a promotional flyer.

Complimenting Foleo’s oft-touted instant-on feature, the flyer states, “Pocket Tunes on the Palm Foleo combines instant on with instant music.” The screenshot on the Foleo shows playback controls clearly derived from the gorgeous Sleek interface of Pocket Tunes 4, and a large three-pane view area for album art, library navigation and the current playlist.

Palm has released a new update for the SMS software of the unlocked Treo 680s in the Asia-Pacific region. Palm Australia’s Support page states:

"The Treo 680 Unlocked GSM smartphone SMS Update improves SMS message handling for certain message types."

Back in the dark days before the invention of the PDA, primitive humans had few options other than their own memory when it came to storing their personal data. Some innovative tribes, like the Narwaak of Africa, used an ingenious system of clay tablets and stone stylii, but these had serious stability issues – especially in wet weather – and didn't provide the portability that was essential to the nomadic lifestyle. After the well-publicised security scare of 1300 B.C. - in which the rival Habeen clan raided the Narwaak library and used the subsequently stolen credit card details to order stylish new mammoth-skin outfits from the famed storehouse of Amazonia - this system was abandoned, and humanity once again entered a dark age of forgotten login details and passwords scrawled on the backs of hands.

Fast-forward to the present day. Mobile software developers SplashData have recently released version 4 of their popular personal data keeping application, SplashID. SplashID came along too late for the Narwaak, but just in time for the information era. It's secure, has both desktop and handheld components and carries a price tag of $29.95 (or $9.95 for owners of earlier versions). Is it worth it? Read on for the full review...

Ilium Software has released ListPro v5.0 for Palm OS and Windows Mobile devices. ListPro is an organization tool that allows you to arrange and use your information just how you want to. The program is useful for maintaining lists for shopping, inventory or assignments. It includes a Windows bases application for desktop synchronization and management. New in this version is support for pictures, rich text formatting in the notes pane, html and xml/rss export options and an updated interface.

ListPro v5.0 is available for Palm OS and Windows Mobile for $29.95 and includes a free trial period. There is also a standard version, which forgoes the desktop application for ten dollars less.