Unbound Medicine has introduced a new wireless medical resource for physicians and other healthcare professionals. In partnership with Merck & Co., Inc., Unbound Medicine now gives clinicians 24- hour access to select medical information from the MerckMedicus internet site using their wireless PDA or smartphone.

palmOne has released a v1.08 update for the Sprint Treo 650 smartphone. The new update features improvements to voice quality and improves the memory management of the NVFS file storage.

palmOne support has posted a update for Treo 650 smartphone users experiencing problems with voice mail on Cingular and the former AT&T.

palmOne held a quarterly conference call yesterday with investors, analysts and the news media. The company shed some insight on performance and goals going forward and talked about the upcoming handheld and smartphone releases.

palmOne today reported revenue of $285.3 million for the third quarter of fiscal year 2005, ended Feb. 25, up approximately 18 percent from the $242.5 million reported during the comparable quarter a year ago.

The National Library of Medicine (NLM), a component of the National Institutes of Health, has announced the release of a PDA software tool designed to help first responders when they arrive at a hazardous material (Hazmat) incident, such as a chemical spill.

palmOne Canada today announced an online auction for the Ultimate Canada Smartphone, a one-of-a-kind Treo 650 smartphone bejeweled with over 2,000 Swarovski crystals illustrating a wrap-around Canadian flag. Proceeds from the auction will benefit the Canadian Autism Society.

A large internet webstore has posted a reference to a palmOne Zire 73 handheld. This is the first mention of a new Zire handheld and could indicate a forthcoming release.

A list of very sketchy specifications of a new Tungsten T6 or Tungsten 2005 have been posted to an internet newsgroup. Without any backup information the specs appear very dubious.

Intel Corporation today announced enhanced technology to provide mobile handset users with a better multimedia experience, including clearer graphics, faster video, and improved power efficiency.

Samsung announced that it has reached agreement with PalmSource to work together to port Samsung NAND Flash software into the Palm OS Cobalt and future releases of the Palm operating system. Also, M-Systems announced plans to collaborate with PalmSource to provide Palm OS support for its 2 gigabyte MLC NAND-based DiskOnChip H series storage solution.