Ludus Tech has released the first utility specifically designed for the Palm Treo 700p. LudasP is an app that allows you to fully customize the behavior of the application and phone buttons on the 700p. It enables you to set the home button to your own preferred launcher, adds an all in one phone button and customize which key is used for the menu and also allows you to set default actions for the app buttons.

LudasP is available now with a seven day free trial, after that is costs $5 USD if you want to keep it.

LightWav Pro is a custom Treo ringtone and picture/video ID manager from ToySoft. It has a number of detailed calling features that allow you to create custom mp3/ogg/wav ringtones, assign custom picture caller ID and Video caller ID and caller ID and SMS blocking. It is also the only program that offers full screen picture caller ID. This new version includes and improved main interface, new ringtone and category options, better 5-way and keyboard shortcuts and other bug fixes and improvements.

LightWav Pro v1.6 is available now with a free trial. It sells for $24.95 USD. It is currently on sale for $22.95 until June 16th.

The Stanford PalmPilot User Group meets at 7 pm on the first Tuesday of each month. The June sixth meeting will feature a demo of the Palm Treo 700p smartphone.

CNET has released a list of the top ten highest-radiation mobile phones in the US. The GSM version of the Palm Treo 650 ranks in the top 10 with a Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) of 1.51 W/kg. The FCC limit for public exposure from cellular telephones is a SAR level of 1.6 watts per kilogram.

The Hotsync/charge cradle, long a staple on even the cheapest Palm PDAs, has now become something of a rarity. Even Palm's flagship LifeDrive and Treos fail to include a cradle in the box. Yet there's no doubt that a well-designed cradle gives mobile users a safe & secure place to dock their devices. Some can even add a slight bit of flair to even the most boring of desktops. twrock recently reviewed an assortment of Multi-Connector compatible aftermarket cradles. Read on to see how Palm's own OEM cradle kit solution stacks up in this review.

CompanionLink Software has released CompanionLink for Google Calendar. The solution allows users to synchronize their appointments and meetings that are stored in Google Calendar with the Palm Desktop, Microsoft Outlook, PDAs, and other mobile devices.

An updated version of Launcher X has just been released. Launcher X is a highly configurable and skinnable application launcher that replaces the built-in launcher on your Palm OS Powered device. The update includes full support for NVFS devices (Treo 650, T5, TX, TE2) and support for the Palm 5-way navigator. It is also been enhanced to support the Treo 700p.

Launcher X v1.2 comes with a free trial and costs $19.95 to register.

Sagio Asset Management has announced that it has increased its ownership of Palm, Inc. this week from 5% to 6.3%. This comes after shares of PALM took a 5% drop in share price following investor concern over competition with the Motorola Q. Saigo has also released a very positive report on Palm's future prospects claiming that Palm is still undervalued and misunderstood by most market analysts. The report also speculates on Palm's upcoming smartphone releases this year.

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Blue Nomad has announced that BackupBuddy.net is now available and is out of beta. BackupBuddy.Net Basic allows users of Palm OS based Treos (Treo 600, 650 and 700p) to wirelessly backup their critical Contacts, Calendar, Tasks and Memo data over the Internet.

Verizon Wireless and Palm, have officially announced the Palm Treo 700p smartphone is available online today and will be available in Verizon Wireless Communications retail stores on June 1st. It will be priced at $399.99 with a two-year customer agreement. The Treo 700p smartphone includes hardware and software innovations centered around usability, connectivity, multimedia and compatibility, designed to take advantage of the fast EV-DO data speeds of Verizon Wireless' BroadbandAccess service.