The Treo 600 v1.12 update had now been made available for the T-Mobile network. The new software features a number of performance and reliability enhancements.

PalmSource today announced details of its annual PalmSource Euro DevCon, scheduled for September 28-29, 2004 in Munich, Germany. The event will provide attendees with 'best practices' for making applications smartphone-ready and reveal revenue opportunities with new Palm Powered Mobile World wireless operator and infrastructure partners in Europe and other geographies. Other topics include the latest on Palm OS Cobalt and the new Palm OS Developer Suite.

Pretec is demonstrating the world’s first 2GB MMC 4.0 flash memory card with Read speed about 150X (22.5MB/s) and Write speed greater than 120X (18MB/s), which is the highest speed small form factor flash memory card in the world today.

Starting today and through Sept. 30, schools that purchase a minimum of 30 Tungsten C wireless handhelds through the palmOne Education Purchase Program will get a free license to use a file distribution and exchange program that could revolutionize workflow in the classroom, palmOne, recently announced.

PalmSource has announced the availability of the alpha-testing release of Palm OS Developer Suite (PODS), version 1.0. This is a new collection of tools supporting software development for Palm OS Cobalt and Palm OS Garnet.

Microsoft has recently been granted a patent which directly affects using hardware buttons on a Palm OS handhelds and applications. The patent is described as a "time-based hardware button for application launch."

The Treo 600 Updater is now available for many european users on the Orange Network. The new software features a number of performance and reliability enhancements.

Shares of PalmSource took a dive on Tuesday as the news of the Sony's dropout spread on Wall Street. A article at thestreet.com looks at some of the influencing factors and results of the move.

The Rio Grande City Consolidated Independent School District in Texas has more than 2,700 handheld computers in use in second through fifth grades. School administrators have found that the handhelds both motivate students and help them prepare for the state assessment exam.

A Reuters article out of China is reporting that PalmSource is in early discussions with Ningbo Bird, China's largest manufacturer of domestic cell phones.

Sony has divulged that they will not be releasing any new Clie Handhelds products in the coming fall. Sony will be suspending new Clie product development for the US while they reassess the direction of the conventional PDA market.