Concurrent with today's Treo 755p announcement, Palm has launched the beta version of their new MyPalm portal and Treo owner resource site. The MyPalm program is designed to assist experienced and novice users alike in maximizing the capabilities of their Treo smartphones.

The most surprising (and unexpected) perk in this program is the 24/7 assistance hotline for reigstered users of this new program. Palm claims that this service is completely free. Additionally, this member-exclusive hotline does not appear to be related in any way to the free 90 days of complimentary telephone assistance that Palm has been bundling with recent Treo devices.

Today's post at the official Palm blog gives us an update on the Palm Desktop Vista Compatibility situation. As it stands now, the Palm Desktop is still not compatible with Windows Vista, which also leaves most third party conduits, such as Documents to Go, incompatible as well.

Palm Product Manager David Sloan says that Palm is indeed working on a beta release of the new Windows Vista-compatible Palm Desktop and HotSync Manager software. They are currently targeting a release sometime this summer.

In the meantime, Vista users can make use of the Vista Simple Installer. The freeware app enables you to install PRC and PDB files on Vista machines.

Chapura has recently released two small updates to its popular Outlook synchronization software, PocketMirror Standard and Professional. PocketMirror synchronizes Outlook Contacts, Calendar, Tasks and Notes with the built-in personal information manager (PIM) software built into Palm OS devices. The apps have recently received updates to improve Vista compatibility, Outlook 2007 support and the ability to sync extra data fields from global address lists.

PocketMirror standard provides Outlook synchronization to Outlook Contacts, Calendar, Tasks and Notes. PocketMirror Professional adds the ability to sync multiple folders including public, subfolders and sharepoint folders and the ability to sync with multiple PCs.

PocketMirror Standard is available for $29.95, and the Professional version sells for $49.95.

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Without any fanfare, Palm has dropped the price of its newest GPS Navigator kit. The kit has seen a $50 price drop from the original $300 launch price to $250. Furthering sweetening the offer is a $50 main-in rebate that Palm is offering to customers who purchase the bundle from Palm.com. With an effective final price of just $200, this makes Palm's self-branded GPS solution a surprisingly strong value in the fiercely competitive mobile GPS solution market.

The GPS Navigator 3 package is a relatively new offering from Palm, having been introduced in February 2007. The GPS Navigator 3 debuted at a $300 price but Palm has almost always offered a $50 mail-in rebate on their GPS kits.

Palm today announced the availability of the Palm Treo 750 smartphone on the StarHub and SingTel networks in Singapore and the Globe network in the Philippines. The Treo 750 offers the world-class Palm experience on Microsoft's Windows Mobile 5.0 operating system.

The May 1st Palm Blog posting will be of particular interest to frustrated Bay Area commuters who just happen to also be Treo owners. Adam Moise, Palm's Manager of Developer Relations, has made a very nice blog post outlining some sites and applications that can assist Treo users in navigating the SFO traffic snarls, whether during the Bay Bridge's repair phase or anytime during the workweek.

This post, while truly beneficial to Bay Area residents, still makes a nice read for any Palm user interested in how mobile devices can help combat increasingly congested roads and thoroughfares. This is precisely the kind of useful and unique article that the various employees of Palm will hopefully continue to post the corporate Blog.

This latest update in the PalmInfocenter's series profiling the comings and goings of Palm’s retail store presence brings only minor changes from our previous reports. Unsurprisingly, the same three handheld stalwarts of Palm’s handheld lineup, the TX, E2, and Z22 solder on essentially unchanged since their 2005 launch.

Read on for the full report.

MiniTones is a new mp3 ringtone creator for Palm OS Treo's. This simple and lightweight (55k) freeware app can create custom ring-tones from your own mp3 audio files stored on a memory card.

It has a nifty file splitting feature that lets you define a custom section of a song to use a Treo ringtone instead of the whole song. Once you trim the song down, it will copy the file to main memory and add it to your ringtone sounds list so you can use it however you would like.

MiniTones is free and is currently compatible with the Treo 650, 680 and 700p.

MobileRead have posted a news item regarding an upcoming update to the CorePlayer portable media application. This update has been several months in the making and is eagerly awaited by the CorePlayer community. While details are still sparse at this point, the primary new features such as the CoreTheque database addition and other improvements can be found within the CoreCodec forums.

In short, beginning on May 14th, CoreCodec will begin releasing new versions of the app for one platform at a time. The various Windows-powered mobile OSes will be the first new CorePlayer releases with the Palm OS version to be released thereafter. Symbian devices will be the final recipients of the new CorePlayer.

New Beta version of FingerPainter Released
SimToGo has released a new beta version of its nifty finger painting app. This latest version is 1.03 and SimToGo has already promised the forthcoming release of 1.1. FingerPainter now supports 320x480 as well as 320x320 devices. This version primarily resolves a few lingering bugs. It also offers 5 different sizes for the eraser function as well as adds a fun kaleidoscope effect that is certain to offer additional entertainment possibilities for kids of all ages. An unsupported beta version of the app can be downloaded here.

Astraware Updates Dynomite for Palm OS
Astraware has released a fairly substantial update for its Dynomite action puzzler game. This new version 1.5, the first update for the title since 2003's 1.105 release, adds graphically enhanced menus and game graphics throughout. Astraware has also brought the title's compatibility with newer Palm OS devices up to speed. Finally, the developers have enhanced the game's one-handed operation, presumably to better deal with the revised hard button mapping on newer Palm devices. Dynomite, a PopCap/Astraware production, is available now for $14.95.