Geek.com has obtained more leaked information on upcoming handhelds from Palm Inc. This comes from the same person who leaked info to that site on these models earlier this week.

According to this source, which the site characterizes as very reliable, the names "Tungsten" and "Zire" will be the names for product lines, like the way Handspring makes the Visor and Treo lines. The Tungsten line will be high end and run Palm OS 5, while the Zire line will be entry-level and run OS 4.

While many people probably understand that, in the future, most handhelds will be wirelessly accessing the Internet, they might surprised how many people are doing so already. According to a study by comScore Media Metrix, of the 19.1 million handheld users in the United States, 5.0 million access the Internet with their device, or 26%. This is a much higher percentage than access the Internet through their mobile phone. According to the study, 8.6% of the 67.2 million Internet users that own a mobile phone access the Internet with it.

Fictionwise is now offering eBooks in the Secure Palm Reader format, including best selling titles from many major publishers. The webstore will place 30% of the price of all secure eBooks purchased before September 8 into an account that can be used to buy other eBooks. -PR

HandStory is holding a back-to-school sale on the HandStory Suite. It will be sold for $15, which is 25% off its regular price. -PR

RhinoSkin is planning to release a hardcase and two leather cases for the Sony T665C. All three should be available on Monday, September 9. The company is taking pre-orders for these now at $30. After they are released the price will jump to $35.

The aluminium hardcase will have openings to allow the user to access the buttons on the left side and the headphone jack. There will also be ones on the top to allow the Memory Stick slot, infrared port, and the stylus to be used. On the bottom will be one that will allow the T665C to be HotSynced with a cable. Its interior will be padded for extra protection.

Royal Philips Electronics has released the ProntoLite, an application that turns a Palm OS handheld into a universal remote control. Users can configure their handhelds to control up to 10 devices, such as TVs, VCRs, CD players, DVD players or set-top boxes.  It is a "learning" remote, which means the user needs their current remote to train the application which infrared signals to send. ProntoLite is available now for $20.

Sony Japan is going to introduce the PEG-SJ30 in that country on September 14. The price will be 29,800 yen (about $250 US). This is the only member of the redesigned S-series to be announced in Japan so far. Sony Japan also announced the GC10 Game Controller; no mention has been made of the folding keyboard yet. -Eugene

The Handango Rewards program allows customers to earn points redeemable for prizes and free software. Customers receive 10 points for every $1 spent. -PR

Update: Palm Inc has officially introduced the Zire Handheld.

Quoting a "reliable source", Geek.com has some leaked information on two new handhelds it says are coming from Palm Inc.

High-End Model
According to this source, the first Palm OS 5 device to come from Palm will be called the Tungsten T, which will be available at the end of October. It offers an SD/MMC slot, Bluetooth, and voice recording. However, one thing that makes this info suspect is the source says the Tungsten T will have the sliding bottom piece from the Oslo, which other sources say Palm has decided to not use.

Palm Inc. has made a deal with BEA Systems to bring Web services to Palm branded handhelds. Palm will develop tools and a device-side software suite to simplify development and deployment of mobile Web services to extend enterprise applications on Palm's handhelds. The two companies will work together to integrate this solution with BEA WebLogic Server 7.0 and BEA WebLogic Workshop as server-side controls

Amazon.com is offering Lexar 128 MB Memory Sticks for $50 after a rebate. -Ryan Humes

Several readers have reported that the SonyStore has told them that their KB11 folding keyboards are on the way. A spokesperson for Think Outside, the company that makes the KB11, says it will be available only through Sony. -Ed

The Sony SJ20 is a new entry-level handheld from Sony and is a member of Sony's newly redesigned S series, which also includes SL10. It features a 320 by 320, backlit, monochrome screen, 16 MB of RAM, and a Memory Stick slot. It costs $200.

Sony announced the SJ20 just over a week ago and said it would be available last week. However, it ran into some delays and is just now beginning to reach stores.

News Editor Ed Hardy has the second half of his review of the SJ20.

When PalmSource decided to make the change from Dragonball processors to ARM-based ones, it was important to keep backwards compatibility to the thousands of existing applications written for the Dragonball processor. There has been a certain amount of nervousness that this process would make these applications run slower than they do now. According to Mike Mace, PalmSource's Chief Competitive Officer, nothing could be further from the truth. In an interview with the pdabuyersguide, he said "In preliminary testing, Palm OS applications are running up to about three times faster on Palm OS 5 than they do on the current systems."