Possible new information regarding palmOne new spring handhelds has come into light. New rumor material is pointing to an update to the Zire series for the palmOne's cyclical spring product launch.

In a new Q&A column at PIC, forum regular Alex Bosco tackles a few questions on how to get the most out of your Sony Clie Handheld. Read on for a bit of software titles and tips that will help you get more done with your device and learn a bit of Clie history.

Two publications have recently published interviews with people heavily involved with the development of Palm OS Cobalt. The interviews go into the development processes and history behind the new OS.

Texas Instruments today announced their new OMAP 2 mobile chip architecture. TI says the chips enable high-quality 3D gaming, 4+ megapixel cameras, digital camcorders, TV output and more.

Reader reports have come in that palmOne has begun to ship the Treo 600 to customers that had pre-ordered. The initial shipments are going out early, as previous estimates cited a early march shipping date.

Garmin has released their third ROM update to the iQue 3600 Palm Powered GPS handheld. The update includes an extensive list of new features, improvements and bug fixes.

Sprint and palmOne announced today an agreement to develop mobile enterprise solutions targeted at healthcare organizations. The companies will leverage the Sprint Vision Network, and the Treo 600 to bring third-party applications to market solutions to mobilize healthcare processes, allowing healthcare providers to improve patient care, increase efficiencies and manage costs.

PalmSource today launched the Palm Powered Mobile World in Europe and welcomed to the program new operator partners, Orange and Telefonica Moviles Espana (TME), and new infrastructure partners, Action Engine and Lucent Technologies Mobility Solutions Group.

updated Group Sense PDA Limited (GSPDA) today officially announced the G88 Palm Powered smartphone. The new model is very small and lightwight, it runs Palm OS 4.1.2 and includes a 16 bit color screen and built in camera.

A new utility has been released that brings MP3 ringtones to the Treo 600, LandWare's movie guide has been updated, CNET has put the Palm OS up in a bout against Pocket PC, a new games of year list has been compiled, take a look at two new updated PDA web portals and much more inside.

PalmGear has announced continuing growth in 2003 to the tune of 169%. According to the online software distributor, the pace of consumer demand for Palm OS software content showed steady growth in Q4 2003 as unit sales rose 29% from October to December and trial downloads increased 5% over the same period.