International online retailer Doml.com is now selling the GSPDA Xplore M98 Palm OS smartphone. The Xplore M98 is a GSM Clamshell smartphone that runs Palm OS Garnet.

A blogger has posted a nice write up of how to get the new Opera Mini browser up and running on a Palm OS device. The new J2ME proxy based browser optimizes web pages for smaller screens.

KMaps is a new program that brings Google Maps functionality to your Palm OS handheld or smartphone. It also includes location based services, local searching, PIM integration, offline map caching and traffic information.

Yet another new Treo rumor this week. The CoolTechTimes has published an image of what appears to be another possible next generation Palm Treo smartphone. Read on for more details.

In an CNET interview, Palm Chief Financial Officer Andrew Brown said that building a Treo that runs on the mobile version of Windows might help the company woo corporate customers who have been reticent to buy its Palm OS-based gadgets. While he makes a strong case for the company to be OS agnostic, he does not confirm or deny any of the recent rumors.

According to a report from DigiTimes, the Chinese newspaper Commercial Times claims Taiwan-based High Tech Computer (HTC) will produce Palm's next generation Treo series smartphones including one using Microsoft's Windows Mobile operating system. Production is said to begin in the first quarter of next year.

Mobinity has posted a clever workaround to transfer photos from your Verizon Treo 650 to your computer. Normally you cannot transfer pictures from your Treo via Bluetooth because Verizon disabled the feature and only allows you to send photos via their network. To transfer the pictures via bluetooth all you need to do is select to “Send an Album”, even if it only has one photo in it, which has an option to send the Album via Bluetooth instead of over the Verizon network.

Sudoku, the worldwide puzzle phenomenon, which has displaced crossword puzzles in many newspapers in Great Britain and Japan, and is now available on your Palm OS handheld.

Palm is currently offering two new promotions on the Treo 650 smartphone (review). From now until September 30th, there is a $100 mail in rebate when you sign up for a two year service agreement. This brings the total price down to $299 with a new service activation. There is also free express shipping on the Treo 650 when purchased from the Palm online store.

Palm today announced that Sun Microsystems has deployed 600 Palm Treo smartphones to its U.S. field services organization for remote and onsite access to Sun's call-management system to better serve Sun customers. Sun tapped Asurion Managed Wireless to provide deployment, rental, inventory management and guaranteed overnight replacement for the Treo smartphones.

PalmSource and MontaVista Software, a leading Linux provider for the telecommunications market, today announced they are teaming up to help further accelerate the development of next generation Linux-based mobile phones. PalmSource has joined MontaVista's Mobilinux Open Framework partner program; and MontaVista has joined PalmSource's Palm Powered Mobile World (PPMW) program. As partners, MontaVista and PalmSource can leverage their collective expertise to create integrated solutions for handset vendors and mobile operators looking to build Linux handsets.