Nat the webmaster of MrPALM.com, a handheld enthusiast website based in Thailand, recently spent some time with the Qool QDA-700 Palm OS Smartphone. He posted some good pictures and shares his initial impressions.

CPS (Cambridge Positioning Systems Ltd) today announced the launch of their new E-GPS (Enhanced Global Positioning System) technology – harnessing their Matrix technology to improve satellite-based location performance indoors and in busy city centres.

PalmSource today announced the completion of its acquisition of China MobileSoft (CMS). CMS is a leading Chinese mobile phone software company with business operations headquartered with its wholly owned subsidiary, MobileSoft Technology (Nanjing), in China.

PalmSource today officially announced it will hold its annual Developers Conference May 23 -26, 2005 in San Jose, California. This year the Company has added a Mobile Summit. Early registration is now open as well.

The latest report out of analyst group IDC states that, the worldwide market for handheld devices experienced its fourth successive quarter of year-over-year decline in the fourth quarter of 2004.

Cingular Wireless and palmOne today announced the availability of the Treo 650 smartphone, the first device of its kind to take advantage of the carrier's EDGE (Enhanced Data for Global Evolution) network, the fastest national wireless data network in the United States. The Treo 650 also is a quad-band worldphone, so Cingular customers can make and receive voice calls in 170 countries and access data in nearly 75 countries.

palmOne today announced the availability of the new Treo 650 smartphone in Hong Kong. The Treo 650 builds on the award-winning Treo 600 design, upping the ante with a host of new features and improvements that continue to redefine the smartphone experience, giving mobile professionals what they need to stay connected. The news announcement also reveals for the first time that the 650 will definitely support higher speed gsm EDGE data connections.

PalmSource today announced the availability of Java Technology for Palm OS Garnet, a WebSphere Everyplace Micro Environment (WEME) Java 2 Micro Edition (J2ME) certified runtime environment, for the Treo 650 smartphone and Tungsten T5 handheld from palmOne. IBM's WebSphere Everyplace Micro Environment (WEME) Java 2 Micro Edition (J2ME) certified runtime environment provides the technology needed to enable standards-based mobile Java applications to run on Palm Powered smart mobile devices.

The non camera version of the Treo 650 is reportedly now available, there is a new wireless file exchange applications targeting classrooms, DDH has created an online runtime builder, a new Sony Clie series landscape patch is coming, the Qool QDA-700 is now shipping in Germany, a Nevada Casino in your pocket and much more in this quickies aggregate update.

PalmInfocenter reader and forum moderator, Derek Kessler (aka Captain Hair), has sent in a new opinion piece. Derek muses about the long build up and his disappointment regarding the palmOne Tungsten T5 handheld. Read on for the full article.

Smart Box Design has released an updated version of WordPop!, its challenging word creation game, for Palm OS devices. The newest version features audio and visual effects designed to take advantage of the high-resolution screens and audio capabilities of the latest handheld devices based on the Palm OS platform.