Resco has released a major upgrade of its best-selling application - Resco Explorer 2007 for Palm OS. Resco Explorer is a file manager, zipper, viewer, launcher, backup tool and ftp explorer in one. It has an impressive range of features and customizable options. New to Explorer 2007 is fully transparent FTP integration, bookmarking of the favorites and a RAM Analyzer — a tool that helps to understand RAM and to identify old unneeded data files.

Resco Explorer 2007 v.3.01 is available now with a free trial period. It regularly sells for $29.95, but is currently on sale for $19.95 for a limited time.

KeyguardExt is a new utility from Megasoft2000. It functions as a Treo keyguard enhancer. It provides a wide range of extra information and customizable functions. Instead of just the time and date, KeyguardExt will display a large clock and date display, a battery meter, memory status, signal strength, bluetooth status, missed calls and messaging information.

KeyguardExt v1.0 is available now for $7.95 and includes a free trial period. It is a small 43kb file. Megasoft says it is currently compatible with the Treo 650, 680 and 700p.

Palm has released a new Wireless Bluetooth Keyboard, confirming our rumor report from last week. The keyboard features five rows of full-size keys (including numbers) and folds up for compact portability. It has a pull out easel dock to prop up your device. Palm says the unit will provide up to five months of battery life from 2 AAA battery cells.

The Palm Wireless Bluetooth Keyboard is available now from the Palm.com store for $99.99. Its compatibility lists includes the: Treo 650, 680, 700p/w/wx, Treo 750, Tungsten E2 and Palm TX.

SplashData has released an overhaul to its SpashTravel travel software suite for Palm OS. SpashTravel contains a number of tools to help and assist travelers. It provides access to real-time flight information, weather and currency exchange data. It also has worldwide reference material, conversion tools, world map, an expense tracker, multiple clocks and much more.

SplashTravel 2.0 Professional edition is available as a monthly ($6.95/mo) or annual subscription ($49.95 yearly). A standard edition is also available which forgoes the subscription pricing and leaves out the live weather and flight info and sells for $29.95 USD.

iambic has released a new rss reader application for Palm OS and Windows Mobile. TopStory is a free, ad-supported application for displaying rss feeds and syndicated content. It features an intuitive interface, a set of built in feeds to choose and the ability to import ompl files and display images. It has also been tailored for one-handed navigation support.

Palm has released security updates for the Treo 650, 680 and 700p to patch the Treo "find vulnerability" made public earlier this year.

When the Treo password protection is enabled, the password protection can be partially circumvented by running the Find feature while on the "Make Emergency Call" screen. This would allow a malicious user to view a list of search results from the Treo's built-in applications such as Contacts, Calendar, Tasks, Memos and Email. The malicious user cannot access or display anything beyond the search results list.

The update for each device is available from Palm's support downloads page. It is a 142kb prc file that runs an installer and soft resets the device.

Paul Loefler, Palm's usual public face in all matters related to the 700p ROM update, has made a small post to the Palm blog. Mr. Loefler briefly states that the 700p's long-awaited update is still on track for release during the week of May 28th.

With the recent announcement and widespread retail availability of the new Treo 755p, Palm can now focus on resolving the 700p's myriad of issues and properly EOLing the device. While Sprint has replaced the Treo 700p with the new 755p, Verizon, Alltel and other CDMA carriers are still stocking and selling the 700p with no announced plans to move to the 755p for the immediate future.

One question I've fielded on more than one occasion concerns which program to use for audio recording on Palm OS devices without a standard voice memo app. With the arrival of the excellent TaleStuff add-on microphones for the Palm TX and T5 handhelds, I had to find a capable audio recording application to use on Palm handhelds never intended by Palm to be used for audio capture. Enter Personal Audio Recorder Pro!

In what may not a surprise to longtime followers of the CorePlayer saga, the release date for this updated version of this popular mobile media app has been pushed back to June 14th.

May 14th was the date previously earmarked for the newest version of the formerly freeware multi-platform program. A post by CoreCodec emplyee "BetaBoy" in the CC forums gives additional information. While essentially unchanged from the previous PIC news article, this thread does offer some updated information on bugfixes as well as some screenshots of the new version of the app. You can read our previous CorePlayer review here.

One of the undisputable tradeoffs in going from the full-size SD slots on the Treo 700p and 680 to the miniSD-enabled Treo 755p and 750 is the reduction in card storage capacity from 8 GB to a mere 4 GB. At the present time, owners of these newest Treo 755p and 750 equipped with miniSD slots cannot utilize the now-widespread and affordable 8 GB full-size SDHC cards and are limited to the handful of rare 4gb miniSDHC cards on the market. Samsung announced they have managed to leapfrog 8 GB in the larger miniSD formfactor and somehow squeezed 8gb into the tiny thumbnail-sized microSD (formerly TransFlash) format.

In theory, this development could be a boon for Treo owners even if larger miniSD cards do not appear, as the microSD format is electrically compatible with miniSD and only requires an adapter card to move between devices. microSD cards are most commonly seen on smaller featurephones, with miniSD the norm for most recent smartphones and a few cameras and camcorders. Unfortunately, production of these large-capacity microSD cards is only set for mid-2008. Hopefully affordable 8 GB miniSDHC cards will be released in the interim to ease the pain felt when hitting the 4gb flash card ceiling.

Lil' Red Spider has released a new update to its TMP datebook PIM software. TMP (Time Manager Pad) is a list-style appointment viewer and manager with a unique layout that scrolls seamlessly and makes managing your agenda more intuitive. You can easily view a full weeks worth of appointments at a glance. It also has integrated and collapsable calendar and task list displays.

Some new features in version 1.2.2 include: event category support, category-assignable fonts and colors, new hi-res icon support, a enhanced color selector and a redesigned control panel.

Time Manager Pad comes with a free trial and costs $17.95 to register