Here's what else is new & updated this week for the Palm OS in the PalmInfocenter software store:

Agendus for Palm OS Professional Edition v10.05
Agendus for Palm OS Standard Edition v10.05
SplashMoney for Palm OS v4.09
Butler Treo utility v3.53
Agendus Mail Std Edition v4.4
MSDict Oxford Dictionary of the Bible v7.40
Palm Media Studio v1.0.1
Pocket DVD Wizard v4.5
Euchre for PalmOS v1.01F
Pennovate Notes v2.4.4
Voice Call for Treo v1.1
AutoMobile v3.2

Rumor A copy of what appears to be an internal Sprint Document has been posted on TreoCentral's message board. The poster claims the document was shown to him at a Sprint store and he was permitted to take a photocopy. If accurate, this story would confirm earlier information told to PalmInfocenter that a Treo 700p was planned to be released by Sprint in the May/June timeframe. Read on for the details.

Palm has just cut the retail price of the LifeDrive mobile manager for the second time. The LifeDrive has been given another $50 reduction, bringing it down to a $399 MSRP. There is also free shipping on this model from Palm.com.

The LifeDrive features a 4GB hard-drive for storage, a 320x480 high-resolution color screen, and both Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. You can read the full LifeDrive review here.

Palm has released a Wi-Fi enterprise security update for the Palm TX. The ESU update adds enhanced authentication and secure encryption for many additional wireless 802.1x-based security protocols. Unlike most software update releases from Palm, there is a $5.99 charge to download this update.

Initiate, a launcher specifically designed for Palm OS smartphones, has just been updated to v2.5. Initiate makes it possible to find contacts, programs and bookmarks with ease right from your home screen. It is also a customizable launcher that lets you assign application tabs, play audio from the home screen, send an sms, create & launch shortcuts to apps stored on a memory card and provides a drag and drop interface to manage your device.

Initiate is developed by Hobbyist Software, makers of the popular Bulter treo utility. This new version adds voice dialing and voice launching of applications among other fixes. The full version of Initiate retails for $24.95 and there is a free trial available. There is also a light version with a few less features available for $5.

PalmInfocenter member and reviewer twrock has posted details about his external headset mod for the Palm TX. He added a smaller 2.5 mm headphone/mic port to his TX in an external adapter that connects to the athena hotsync port. Ron intends to use it for voice recording and for future VoIP applications. You can check out more pictures and details in the PIC forums.

Consilient has announced a new push email solution for wireless devices. Consilient Push, a open standards-based solution, pushes email out to popular consumer smartphones such as the Palm Treo, Blackberry, Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Motorola, Sanyo and Samsung mobile devices using the new P-IMAP (Push-IMAP) protocol.

Palm Inc's recently announced 2 for 1 stock split took effect today. The split has increased the number of PALM shares outstanding to more than 100 million, from 51 million. Palm made the move to help the company align its capital structure to that of other companies with comparable revenue. It is currently trading at a split adjusted $20~ per share. Palm will be announcing earnings and 3Q FY06 results next week.

PalmSource will be be exhibiting at the upcoming LinuxWorld Boston conference. The LinuxWorld Conference & Expo is taking place April 3-6, 2006 at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center.

Quickipedia is a new application from Stand Alone software. Quickipedia is a handheld client for Palm OS devices for accessing and reading the Wikipedia online encyclopedia. I have found this app pretty useful because if you try to access Wikipedia in blazer and most other mobile browsers the page formatting makes the site nearly impossible to read.

AppForge today announced the latest version of its patented mobile application platform, Crossfire 6.0. The technology in Crossfire 6.0 marks the first time Visual Studio developers can easily create comprehensive on-device mobile applications for the millions of Palm Treo, BlackBerry and other mobile devices in the market today.