Mobility Electronics has just released version 7.1 of iGo Quickoffice. In addition to program updates and increased stability, Quickoffice continues to be the first and only Palm OS application that supports native Microsoft office file formats.

AlphaSmart has announced they are now shipping an updated version of Dana at a lower price of $379. The update includes more internal RAM, updated software and support for additional peripheral devices including SDIO cards and WiFi adapters.

In their latest report, Gartnet says poor worldwide economic conditions, low consumer confidence and a severe decline in the Chinese PDA market affected the worldwide PDA market in the second quarter of 2003, as shipments dropped 7.3 percent from the same period last year. Palm OS based products retained their market dominance, accounting for over 51% of worldwide PDA shipments.

Palm today announced the new name it will adopt following the spin-off this fall of PalmSource and acquisition of Handspring. Palm Solutions groups will become "palmOne" and will reflect the company’s handheld computer hardware and software solutions business and encompass the subbrands Zire and Tungsten, as well as Treo.

PalmGear has announced the top 10 downloads for the month of July, McDonalds has a new promotion to win a Tungsten C, Bejeweled has been updated with a new soundtrack, Garmin has released their Palm OS SDK and much more in today's quickies.

Palm has lowered the price on it's former flagship model, the Tungsten T, by $50. Palm is now also offering a free Veo SD camera and free shipping with the purchase. For a brief period today, the PalmStore was advertising a $199 price in error.

Enfora's case that not only provides protection, but wireless access, will be available soon. The Wireless Portfolio case features a built in WiFi (802.11b) receiver for mobile internet access.

updated Further information about Palm's upcoming fall release has been posted and a clearer picture of the lineup is beginning to emerge. Last week rumors materialized that Palm is planing three new handhelds sometime around October. The new information shows two new Tungsten models and a update to the Zire.

Handango has released the Handango Yardstick for the second quarter of 2003. The Handango Yardstick is a quarterly report on the state of the mobile software economy. This quarter, the Handango Yardstick focuses on global software sales, highlighting the sales of non-English mobile software applications and bestsellers by language.

Beginning today, Sprint is offering customers the opportunity to save $300 on the purchase of a Treo 300 with service activation. This brings the cost down to $99 after a service credit.

Palm has released drivers for the Bluetooth SD card that enables the Tungsten W to use certain Bluetooth devices and services. The previous drivers were not compatible with the Tungsten W.