The Open Source Development Labs (OSDL or the Labs), a global consortium dedicated to accelerating the adoption of Linux, and PalmSource, today announced that PalmSource has joined OSDL as a founding member of the Labs' new Mobile Linux Initiative. PalmSource is the provider of Palm OS, a leading operating system powering next generation phones and mobile devices.

Avvenu has announced that its free remote access service now supports a range of devices from Palm, including the Treo 650 smartphone, the LifeDrive, and the new Palm TX handheld. Specifically optimized for handheld devices, this service gives Palm customers fast access to their files, folders and photos stored on a computer, directly from their Palm devices.

Palm has lowered the retail price of the Tungsten E2 handheld down to $199. The TE2 features a high resolution screen, nonvolatile flash memory and Bluetooth wireless.

Palm released the Palm TX handheld. The Palm TX features dual wireless with both Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, a large high resolution display and 128 MB of memory, all priced at $299. Read on for the full review.

Palm also announced the Palm Z22 handheld today. The Z22 is an easy-to-use and compact color handheld built for the mass market, the Palm Z22 organizer is the most affordable color handheld from Palm yet at $99 USD.

Salling Software today announced the immediate availability of both Windows and Mac versions of Salling Clicker 3.0, a major update to its award-winning remote control software tool. Salling Clicker offers the ability to control popular applications from mobile phones or handheld computers through a user interface similar to that on a portable media player.

Palm today announced that its award-winning Palm Treo 650 smartphone is now available on the Hutch network in India.

Palm is now offering to replace defective SIM card trays on affected Cingular Treo 650 smartphones. There is an issue with some models that causes the phone to turn itself off spontaneously because of a loose SIM card.

LinuxDevices.com is reporting that Palm may ship a Linux powered feature phone by years end, say sources close to the company. The article claims the device will be powered by Wind River Linux, not PalmSource's version of Palm OS for Linux.

The Chicago Sun-Times is reporting that Motorola was also interested in purchasing PalmSource. Motorola claims PalmSource had accepted their offer and has asked a judge to award them a $8.7 million dollar breakup fee.

ARM has announced its new Cortex-A8 processor at the ARM developers conference in Santa Clara, California. The new chip design is expected to be far more powerful than current chips making it ideal for demanding mobile products running multi-channel video, audio, and gaming applications. It is expected to offer speeds of over 1GHz.