Consilient Technologies has announced support for the Treo 650 from palmOne. Smartphone users can now access complete wireless push email functionality using Consilient Mobile Mail.

AOL has released a beta SyncML client for Palm OS based smartphones. It allows mobile, over the air synchronization of AOL Address Book and AOL Calendar.

palmOne has reached a proposed settlement over a class action lawsuit involving the m100, m105 and m125 handhelds. The lawsuit stated the PDAs may be defective in that they sometimes lose data during the process of replacing batteries even when the user follows Palm's recommended procedure.

SharkCache is a new application specifically designed for the palmOne LifeDrive, that allows you to eliminate the application launch delay for your most used apps.

Mini-Keyboard 1.0 by ANIMATORsoft is a new virtual keyboard for Palm handhelds. It provides a large on-screen virtual thumboard for entering text in most applications.

ATP, a Taiwan memory manufacturer, has announced a new ProMax SD card line that will come in capacities of up to 2GB initially, with a 4GB card planned.

Sage Software today announced an updated version of ACT! 2005 Link for the Palm OS platform providing two-way data synchronization compatible with the Palm OS Garnet 5.4.

Palm OS Developer David Beers was at the PalmSource DevCon last week and caught some time with a working Palm OS Cobalt smartphone. David wrote up his impressions of the device and took some comparison pictures of the Oswin Cobalt prototype.

LinuxDevices.com has an executive interview with PalmSource VP of Engineering Mike Kelley and Director of Product Marketing John Cook to discuss PalmSource's Linux strategy and plans. The interview reveals much about PalmSource's detailed plans for Palm OS Linux.

PalmSource has posted a large collection of podcast audio interviews with a number of developers and executives. There is a podcasting feed you can subscribe to or just listen in on select interviews.

palmOne today launched the Treo 650 smartphone with Telcel, the leading mobile communications operator in Mexico.