Sybase, a enterprise infrastructure and integration company, and AvantGo, today announced that they have signed a definitive agreement for Sybase to acquire AvantGo in a cash merger valued at approximately $38 million. Sybase intends to operate AvantGo under its iAnywhere Solutions subsidiary. The acquisition is expected to be completed during the first quarter of 2003.

Also, AvantGo has made a beta version of it's Palm OS 5 software available for download.

Metrowerks has released CodeWarrior™ Development Studio for the Palm OS Platform, Version 9.0. The new release includes comprehensive support for 68K and ARM core technologies to help smooth application developers’ transition to the Palm OS 5 platform.

Kyocera Wireless today announced that the 7135 smartphone will be available in the United States from AllTel Wireless beginning tomorrow, December 20. The smartphone is the follow-up to the QCP 6035 smartphone which Kyocera launched in March 2001. Consumers wanting to purchase the phone can visit any All-Tel retailer or visit the online store at kyocera-wireless.com to purchase a 7135 and AllTel service plan. The phone will retail for $499.

PRESS RELEASE: Palm Solutions Group today said it has sold more than 20 million handhelds to consumers, mobile professionals and businesses around the world. Spurred by the sales of its two new products, the Palm Zire and Tungsten T handhelds, Palm branded devices continue to be the world's most popular handhelds.

Palm, Inc. which consists of two operating units – Palm Solutions Group and PalmSource -- today reported revenues of $265 million for the second quarter of fiscal year 2003, ended Nov. 29, 2002, down 9 percent from the $291 million reported during the comparable quarter a year ago, and up 54 percent from the first quarter of fiscal 2003.

Clie Flash Tutorial
Phillip Torrone, of flashenabled, has put together a comprehensive tutorial on creating MacroMedia Flash content for the Sony Clie NX Series handhelds.

Garmin International announced today that the company has received a prestigious Consumer Electronics Association Best of Innovations Award for its upcoming iQue 3600 personal digital assistant (PDA) with integrated Global Positioning System (GPS) technology. The award recognizes the best products in the Innovations 2003 Design & Engineering Showcase. It is not specifically stated in the news release; however Garmin previously announced it had selected the DragonBall MXL to power a Palm OS 5 GPS enabled device.

Legend, the recent Chinese Palm OS licensee, announced that they would be bringing a new Palm OS Handheld to the Chinese market by January 2003. Our readers have uncovered some more specific details and pictures of the device.

As the Holiday machine kicks into high gear, several Handhelds have just received price drops and other companies are giving away special incentives on some of this season's hottest items. Read on for an overview and mini handheld gift guide.

News.com is reporting that Sony is close to unveiling a new, higher-capacity Memory Stick removable flash memory card. Sources say the new sticks may not be compatible with some older devices. The working title for the new capacity cards is Memory Stick Pro. This is not to be confused with the separate, smaller (next generation) memory stick Duo.

Several developers have recently released some exciting new games for the Palm OS Platform. Read on for our overview of some new and updated titles that are sure to kill some time!

This article highlights some new and recently updated games, you can take a look at a list of other games that have been highlighted on PIC in the past here.