Austrian film director David Ruhm has won the bronze Clio award award for his latest film production "Nur Tiere Tragen Pelz" ("Only Animals Wear Fur"). He credits some of his success to iambic’s Action Names Datebook, which he has been using for years to schedule and coordinate filming and production, manage his demanding appointment schedule, and handle the multiple tasks that can plague a filmmaker so high in demand.

BeamDial is a new wireless dialer for Palm handhelds that works with any analog telephone. Users pick a phone number from their handheld's Address Book. This is transmitted via infrared to BeamDial, which high-speed dials the number. It is available now for $50.

Those players with a knack for employing logic in their game-play might enjoy Round Up, a puzzle game from Astraware. The objective is for players to guide colored marbles back to their 'home' positions, one move at a time. Pepper brings us this review.

According to anonymous sources, Sony will announce the PEG-T650C in Japan this weekend. The T650C will be an updated version of the T600C and will include an MP3/ATRAC3 player. It uses a slightly improved screen but does not have virtual Graffiti. It does make the jump to the 66 Mhz Dragonball SuperVZ processor.

Initially, the T650C will only be announced in Japan, not the U.S. or Europe. Other countries will, assumably, come later. This first model will run a Japanese version of the Palm OS.

TT Tech Limited has released the SnapNType T121 thumb-board, a clip-on keyboard for the Samsung SPH-I300 Palm OS smartphone. The T121 snaps on to the bottom of SPH-I300, allowing users to type emails and SMS messages with a QWERTY keyboard. It is available now for $60.

Walter Mossberg from the Wall Street Journal says the Treo 270 will be introduced next week for $500. He also mentions the Treo 90, with a color screen and no built-in mobile phone, for $300. Update: Cnet has the same info on the 270. -Paul Cedfeldt

Sony will not bring out a European version of the NR70, which is a NR70V minus the camera, according to a ZDnet article. -Ed

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The just released HandStory Suite 2.1 includes a Clip Editor which lets users create custom scripts to extract content from any Web site for viewing on their handhelds. Users can choose just the content they want from any ordinary, non-handheld-optimized Web site, download it on demand or on a regular basis, and view it with optimal formatting on their handheld device.

Handhelds running Palm OS 5 will be available later this summer. These will run processors based on designs from ARM Holdings, rather than the familiar 68K Dragonball family. Handhelds running the Pocket PC OS will use some of the same processors.

The new Palm OS handhelds will be much faster than current ones but there has been some concern if this will come at the expense of battery life. A Motorola spokesperson told ZDnet UK that the Palm OS 5 handhelds will use roughly half the power as Pocket PC handhelds running the same hardware.

Astraware seems to have the ability to keep putting out good games at about the same rate Stephen King puts out new books. Big Money is one they introduced recently that is similar to their classic Bejeweled, but with a bit of Tetris thrown in. Pepper brings us this review.

TreoCentral, a new spin-off from VisorCentral, is devoted to Handspring's new Treo line of smartphones.

Cnet has a article on Palm OS 5. Little in it is new but it's a good overview of what is and isn't in the new operating system for those who haven't been following its development.