A new Palm-branded leather holster case for all Treo models has appeared on Palm's web store. The MSRP is $29.99 plus shipping.

Palm gives the case's device compatability list as all 700 series Treos as well as the 650 and 600. There is, however, no mention of the new formfactor 680 or 750 Treos, probably due to their slimmer size. This understated-looking case is covered with black nappa leather and has an embossed "Palm" logo. It looks to be a decent replacement over the earlier, bulky PalmOne holster case though there appears to be no provision to safely secure the Treo within the case.

Palm also touts the following features of the case:

• Rotating clip allows for adjustment on your belt or purse strap
• Latches securely, but is easy to remove
• Rigid outer design and soft interior lining help protect your device

The "OnTreo" website featured in Palm's new advertisements has gone live. It features an animated streetscape, viewed from a sidewalk cafe table, upon which a Treo 680 performs its various functions - playing music, snapping pictures, overlaying street maps and directions from Google Maps etc.

PDAapps has discontinued and stopped selling its line of Palm OS applications which includes the popular VeriChat IM program. PDAapps was acquired by IntelliSync last year, shortly after Nokia purchased IntelliSync.

PDAapps posted a message on their website stating Nokia has discontinued their applications and VeriChat is no longer for sale. VeriChat was the companies most popular application and is also available on Pocket PC devices, Symbian and Blackberry devices.

Reminiscent of old top-down arcade shooters like Ikari Warriors, Commando, or Mercs, My Little Tank is an amusing blast 'em up for Palm OS devices developed by Binoteq and published by Astraware. Through 60 levels you must shoot enemy tanks, defend your base, and destroy enemy radar stations and bases. You will encounter a range of hostile terrains including snow, swamp, plains and deserts. As levels progress, tougher enemies will appear that require more than one shot or more effective weapons. Read on for the full review...

A recent survey from IDC of more than 4,000 mobile phone and smartphone subscribers from five countries suggests that interest in emerging applications will drive future smartphone sales. The survey results show that interest in WiFi access and location-based services are highest in the U.S. and U.K., while storage capacity, music quality, and photo quality are the highest in Germany, India, and China.

TCPMP (The Core Pocket Media Player) has a long and illustrious history on not only Palm OS devices but Windows and Symbian-based handhelds as well. The developers of TCPMP, after honing their skills on the freeware version, have now decided to move forward to a next-generation, commercially released media player.

Now CorePlayer, the freeware app formerly as TCPMP, has finally arrived on the Palm OS scene after numerous delays and false starts. Read on to see if the new commercial version can unseat the quirky but rock-solid free version of TCPMP.

Astraware has released an update to Broken Sword, their excellent Palm OS graphical adventure game. Review here.

The following bugfixes are present in the new 1.10 version:

• Fixed an issue with Syria and the Chalice which could put the game into an impossible to complete state
• Fixed a bug which could cause a crash in some languages when you enter certain areas of the game
• Fixed some minor text issues

Current Broken Sword users should be warned that the new version breaks compatibility with saved game files from the previous 1.0 version. So anyone who is midway through the Broken Sword game should try to complete the title using their current saved game files before applying this update.

Opera Software has released Opera Mini v3.0 today. Opera Mini is a smartphone optimized web browser that runs on almost every mobile phone including the Palm Treo. The new version adds secure browsing, RSS feed preview and aggregation, a photo upload feature and content folding.

Palm, Inc. today updated financial guidance for the second quarter of fiscal year 2007, ending Dec. 1. The news release contains a quote from CEO Ed Colligan that attributes the revenue shortfall to a delay in carrier certification on the Treo 750 in the US, which he says will likely ship sometime in January.

Palm currently expects revenue to be in the range of $390 million to $395 million for the second quarter of fiscal year 2007. This compares with earlier guidance of $430 million to $450 million provided Sept. 21, when Palm reported its first quarter fiscal year 2007 results. The revenue shortfall is due primarily to a delay in completing the certification process for a product that the company had previously expected to ship within the quarter.

CorePlayer, the new and improved commercial successor to TCPMP, has been updated for Palm OS devices. The update includes improved 5-way navigation, major bugfixes some UI changes and a number of smaller updates.

Makayama Interactive has released Palm Media Studio version 2.0. Palm Media Studio converts DVD movies, downloaded TV shows and other video clips to a mobile format for your handheld or smartphone. The new version supports additional video formats, such as Youtube flash video content and .wmv files.