Symbol and PalmSource today announced a private label distributor agreement enabling Symbol customers to take advantage of PalmSource's operating system software. Symbol will license Palm OS for use in several of its mobile computers including the SPT1550 and SPT1800 handhelds and other future Symbol mobile computers.

A new Fossil Wrist PDA review, a Colecovision emulator for the Treo 600, new T5 and Treo 650 serial cables with power out, the Treo 650 shows up in Thailand, The Missing Sync, Verichat and Aeroplayer have all recently been updated, SSL support comes to Agendus Mail and more in this quickie update.

TradeWind Technologies has just introduced the world's first RFID reader in the SD card form factor. The card enables many Palm OS handheld devices to read or write standard and proprietary RFID 13.56Mhz tags and labels.

The traditional PDA is heading for significant declines in sales, and in fact is nearing the end of its life as a major product segment, according to In-Stat. Shipments reached only 8.7 million units in 2004, down from 10 million in 2003, the high-tech market research firm says.

SplashData today announced SplashMoney 4.0, a personal finance application for Palm OS handhelds that now allows users to instantly download their most recent banking account activities through a wireless connection on a PDA or smartphone.

PalmSource today announced it is participating in EclipseCon 2005, March 1 – 2 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Burlingame, California.  Located in booth 513, the Company will demonstrate Palm OS Developer Suite.

Tapwave has released a new public beta of its SDIO WiFi software for the Zodiac gaming handheld. The update adds speed and reliability enhancements and more WiFI network support.

A PDA repair and parts specialist has announced they have come up with a solution to a developing screen noise problem emitted from some palmOne Tungsten T2 and Tungsten E models.

PalmSource today announced it has named Jeanne Seeley the Company's chief financial officer. Seeley reports to David Nagel, PalmSource's chief executive officer, and is responsible for finance, accounting and investor relations.

palmOne has announced that the Treo 650 smartphone is now available in Europe with two initial mobile Operators. It is now available in the UK, France and Switzerland from Orange, and Italy through TIM (Telecom Italia Mobile).

A report of out the 3GSM conference last week revealed that PalmSource has plans to support the SyncML data synchronization standard instead of the traditional HotSync protocol on future phone OS releases.