Overstock.com is offering some refurbished Sony models. It has the S360 for $120, the T615C in silver for $230 and in blue for $242, and the N760C for $242. The deals aren't just for discontinued models. It lists the T665C for $341, the NR70 for $410 and the NR70V $460. To find these, go to the site, then search on CLIE. Overstock.com has free shipping on orders over $25, and no sales tax except for Utah residents. -Ben Combee

Sena Cases is now offering a “no belt-clip” option for most of its leather cases for Sony Clié models. -PR

In June, Palm's CEO Eric Benhamou said his company would be releasing three new models this fall. Today, Todd Bradley, who is CEO of Palm's Solutions Group, said it would be launching all three of these next month, according to ZDnet. While Bradley did give launch dates and some brief descriptions for these models, he didn't reveal too many details.

For readers of this site, the most important day is probably October 28, when the company will launch worldwide two new high-end models: a Palm OS 5 model and a smartphone.

Geek.com has been leaked a picture of the Palm Zire, the low-end model Palm Inc. is expected to announce next month. This confirms much of what has previously been leaked about this model, including that it has only two hardware application buttons, not the four that have always been standard on Palm OS models.

Update: Todd Bradley, CEO of Palm's Solutions Group, said his company's entry-level model will be launched October 7.

Research In Motion, maker of the Blackberry, has filed a patent-infringement lawsuit against Handspring. The suit claims that the keyboard on most Treo models violates a RIM patent, though no details are available at their point on exactly what about the Treo's keyboard RIM is complaining about. The company has patented every aspect of the Blackberry that it can and even holds a patent on the crescent shape that the keys are arranged in. A statement released by RIM late yesterday did not disclose what damages it is seeking.

Sony is a notoriously closemouthed company. As people are eagerly awaiting news of new Clié models running Palm OS 5, probably the best indicator is what the company is doing with its current high-end handhelds, the NR70 and NR70V. And with Sony being based in Japan, any word of a change is likely to come from there first. Recently, Sony has been showing signs that it is close to phasing these out in its home country. Last month, it stopped supplying them to retailers in Tokyo. A few weeks ago, SonyStyle Japan dropped the price of both models by 10,000 Yen. And today, they are listed on SonyStyle Japan as discontinued.

Vaja Cases is offering to everyone who orders one of its custom cases a free matching leather mobile phone pouch. -PR

SonyStyle USA is throwing in a free leather case with every purchase of a T665C. The customer can choose brown or blue. -Ed

A Korean wireless service provider has posted a page on a new Palm OS-based smartphone from Samsung. It's named the MITs M330, with MIT standing for Mobile Intelligent Terminal. It has a 160 by 240, STN screen that can display 256 colors. As a smartphone, the M330 has both wireless voice and data capabilities. It uses CDMA 2000 1X networks and supports gpsOne. It has 16 MB of RAM and runs Palm OS 3.5.3.

Earlier this year, PalmSource announced that it would be including a Web browser with Palm OS 5. Though the rest of the operating system was finalized and given to the licensees in June, the PalmSource Web Browser was just released today. It supports a collection of Web standards that a desktop browser might envy.

PalmSource's browser will work with almost any type of connection to the Internet, including traditional dial-up connections and wireless networking. Web pages are rendered in their entirety on the handheld just as they would be on a desktop browser. For slower connections, users can disable images to speed up downloads. The browser has been optimized to run on ARM-based processors for maximum rendering speed.

The Treo 90 is the first model from Handspring that has an SD slot. Until now, this only supported memory cards. Handspring has released the Treo 90 Updater 1.0, which allows this handheld to use SD Input/Output (SDIO) cards. These are peripherals that plug into the handheld through the SD slot. Handspring said specifically that the Treo 90 will now be able to use the palm Bluetooth SD card for wireless networking and Margi System's Presenter-to-Go presentation tool.

Over the past several weeks information has begun to surface on two new handhelds coming soon from Palm Inc. A bit more has been found in the inventory computer system of a major electronics retailer.

The high-end model shows up in the system under the name Palm Tungsten along with a few new details. The inventory system shows that it has 16 MB of RAM and also says Cradle Included. The Tungsten has a suggested retail price of $499.99 but the system doesn't show a possible release date. It has a model number of P80850US.

There is a new graphical user interface for Plucker's desktop app that allows easy, automatic installation of Web content. It also includes a channel creation wizard and an automated installation for Windows. It is available for Windows and Linux. Plucker is an offline HTML viewer. -Harain

Surely one of the most popular categories of Palm apps is launcher replacements. QuickTap has thrown its hat into the ring with Launcher PLUS, which supports hi-res screens, themes, and up to 255 categories. However, it cannot display apps stored on memory cards, though the company is working to add this feature. It is available now for $18. -Ed