Palm has a number of promotions going on now at the Palm online store.

• Free shipping on all handhelds and smartphones (ending Jan 15th)
• Receive a free hard case with a new Palm TX purchase. Valid through Jan. 29th
• Receive a free 128MB card with a new Tungsten E2 purchase. Valid through Jan. 29th
• The Treo 700w is now on sale with free shipping
• Save $100 on any handheld when you join Audible for 12 months.
• $100 mail-in rebate when you buy the Tungsten E2 & GPS car kit

Weather lovers have a new tool at hand to obtain weather information on demand through a handheld friendly weather web service. The free service allows PDA and smartphone users to access real-time radar and animated satellite weather images and forecasts. More...

3-Lib and its proprietor, Steve Litchfield, has created a new video series about smartphones. The show covers all software platforms and is currently free to download or watch on the Internet. More...

In our annual year in review article, PalmInfocenter takes a look at all of the major events that took place in the Palm OS world in 2005. It was certainly an exciting year full of surprise announcements and major transitions. Treo smartphones really began to take off, a lot of innovative devices were released and many surprises and new directions within the Palm economy took shape. Read on for the full recap.

Electric Pocket today announces the launch of PhotoDial, a speed dial application for Treo 650 smartphones or Bluetooth-enabled PDAs that enables users to place photographs of their most commonly dialed contacts directly on the Palm OS Applications Launcher. The program enables users to dial numbers with a single tap on a photo or other image from the Applications screen.

PDAs and converged devices such as smartphones are playing increasingly important roles in every phase of political campaigns, from campaign communications and fundraising to targeting get-out-the-vote drives. Come hear Julie Barko Germany, Deputy Director of the Institute for Politics, Democracy & the Internet, discuss how mobile technology, and PDAs in particular, were used in the last presidential election, and some of the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead for their deployment in issue campaigns and elections to come. More...

A presentation by Palm, Inc. Chief Financial Officer Andrew J. Brown is scheduled to be webcast on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2006. The presentation at the Eighth Annual Needham Growth Conference in New York at The New York Palace Hotel will begin at approximately 11 a.m. Pacific Time (8 AM EST).

Happy 2006 everyone. To ring in the new year we are offering a new 20% discount of all Palm OS applications in our online software store. Enter the coupon code NEWYEAR when checking out to receive a 20% discount off your entire order. The code is good for an unlimited number of uses until Feb 1st.

The store now has a new Gift certificate feature. Each product now includes an option for “Sending as an e-Gift”. By selecting this option you can buy software for a friend as a gift. The recipient will receive a personalized email with a single-use coupon code that is redeemable for the selected product. Also, don't forget you can download our mobile store and download apps directly on your device.

NormSoft has updated its Pocket Tunes Deluxe audio player to v3.1.3. The main new update is the addition of Windows Media PlaysForSure DRM support for the Treo 600, Tungsten E, and Zire 71. This fully featured digital audio player makes many Palm OS devices compatible with online music stores such as Rhapsody, Napster To Go and Yahoo! Music Unlimited.

Reviews are starting to pour in on the new Windows Mobile Treo 700w. Most long time Palm OS users are not giving the model high marks for ease of use and are recomending that most stick with the Treo 650. Read on for some of the highlights from David Pogue of the NY Times, Walt Mossberg of the WSJ and others. More...

Last Day of Work has released Village Sim v1.1 for Palm OS. This update features long awaited improvements based on customers’ suggestions and includes clickable tombstones, new behaviors like evaluating and repairing huts, as well as improved stability and gameplay. Village Sim is a village simulator where you care for and nurture a displaced tribe of little people by teaching them the basics of survival. More...