Palm has lowered the retail price of the Tungsten T5 and Zire 72 by $50. In addition, thier is a $50 mail in rebate for the Tungsten E2 handheld. More details at the Palm Store.

Palm has announced the availability of the Chinese-language version of the award-winning Treo 650 smartphone in Hong Kong.

Today marks the date palmOne Inc, becomes Palm, Inc. The company today begins trading under the symbol PALM, formerly traded under the Nasdaq ticker symbol PLMO. Accompanying the name change is the release of a new company logo, which will begin appearing on products this fall.

Apple has released an update version of iSync. iSync v2.1 is Apple's Mac OS X synchronization program that keeps info from select bluetooth mobile phones, Palm OS handhelds, the iPod and the .mac service in sync.

DataViz today announced that its new RoadSync solution for Palm Powered handhelds and smartphones is shipping. Based on the Exchange ActiveSync protocol licensed from Microsoft, RoadSync is the first commercially available software solution to provide secure, wireless and direct synchronization with Exchange Server 2003. RoadSync for Palm Powered devices offers access to corporate Outlook e-mail, complete with attachments.

palmOne is offering the first mobile application of Send Word Now, the leading web-based emergency notification service, on Treo 650 and Treo 600 smartphones for quickly notifying decision-makers or employees during a crisis or unexpected situations.

palmOne has announced that the award-winning Treo 650 smartphone is available in Switzerland on Swisscom Mobile's EDGE (Enhanced Data for Global Evolution) network.

A new version of the MAME Arcade emulator has been released for the Palm OS. MAME is an open source multiple arcade machine emulator that runs hundreds of classic arcade games.

PalmSource today announced that LG Electronics has signed an agreement to license Palm OS worldwide. Under terms of the agreement, LG Electronics can develop and market smartphones based on Palm OS.

In last weeks PalmSource conference call interim CEO Patrick McVeigh also announced the company is shifting all engineering efforts on the future Linux based versions of the Palm OS.

palmOne today announced that the Treo 650 smartphone is available in Thailand on the TA Orange Co., Ltd network.