The Palm Bluetooth SD Card is now listed on the company's European website. It isn't on the U.S. site yet. This is just a product description, it doesn't appear to be available for sale. This card should be out soon, though. According to Palm reps at PalmSource earlier this month, it will come out this week for $120.

Many users are dissatisfied with entering text via Graffiti and are looking for alternatives. Some of these people turn to attachable keyboards, of which there are several on the market. Pepper brings us this review of the Mini-PDA Keyboard from DNR Enterprises. It connects to the handheld via a cable which can be switched out, allowing one keyboard to be used with different types of handhelds.

Textual has released anagram for Microsoft Outlook 1.00. It imports text such as an e-mail or Web site address from any source on the computer screen into Outlook's Contact List or Calendar, formatting the new item, with each element, like the phone number, address, time, date, etc., placed in the correct field. It costs $17 for one copy and $6 for each additional one.

One of the signs a new product is about to be announced is it begins to appear on webstores whose employees don't realize that it is supposed to still be a secret. This has happened with numerous handhelds in the past and is still happening now.

The Palm m515 is listed on CompuSmart, a Canadian webstore. Details are very sketchy but it does say the handheld will have 16 MB of RAM. It's listed at $650 CAD, or about $400 US.

The current version of Mark/Space's The Missing Sync, which lets Macintosh computers use Sony handhelds, doesn't work with the new S360. According to a company spokesperson, they are working on a new version that clears up the problem which sould be available in a few weeks. -Ed

Handspring and SFR (Groupe Cegetel), a French provider of mobile communications services, have announced that they will jointly distribute the Treo line in France. It will be available at the beginning of April at retail stores throughout the country and Handspring's French webstore. -PR

A while back, Portable Innovation Technology announced that it was working on a SD/MMC version for its MemPlug line of flash-memory Springboard modules. The company has just officially released the MemPlug SD/MMC, which allows Visors to use these removable expansion memory cards. It also has vibrating alarm. It is available now for $70.

In December, the wireless Internet service provider OmniSky went bankrupt and sold out to EarthLink, the second largest ISP in the U.S. OmniSky users still continue to have service and EarthLink is signing up new one users. It offers service for the Palm m500 series, which OmniSky never supported. There are also plans for Palm Vx and Visor owners.

With a prepaid annual plan, service is $33.32 a month, $400 a year, for unlimited service. Without a contract, service is $40 a month. The unlimited plan is the only one offered.

The PDA Protector, distributed by Kennsington, is a hardcase that has proved popular with Palm m500 series owners. A Hong Kong company named Idea Production House is now working on a version for the Sony N and S series. It is a clamshell design that opens upwards and is shaped so that the user can reach the Jog Dial and Back button on the handheld when it is open. There is an opening that allows N760C or N710C owners to have their headphones plugged in when the case is closed. Pricing and availability aren't yet available and depend on finding a U.S. distributor.

myWorkbench 2.4 has been released. This lets users manage files in both RAM and on the external card. The new version includes MagicBin to manage deleted applications and databases. Deleted files are stored on the external card so they can be undeleted or recovered at anytime. -Danny Wong

LandWare has released Wine Enthusiast Guide 2002. This new new edition includes a 9000+ wine buying guide, information on cellar management, vintage charts, and a 1400-term glossary. -David P

Update: AvantGo has dropped this policy in favor of a new one that isn't so restrictive . Therefore, most of this information is out of date.

Beginning in just a couple of days, AvantGo will limit the number of subscribers to custom channels to just eight people for each channel. Custom channels are created by users as links to small sites that don't have a formal contract with AvantGo. Regular channels, like the ones listed on AvantGo's site, won't be affected. On February 20, all AvantGo users will be unsubscribed from all their custom channels. The first eight people to resign up for each custom channel will be allowed to do so. All others will be blocked.

Handhelds are increasingly being connected to the Internet. Smartphones can do this out of the box and many people can use their mobile phone as a modem. Some people still prefer a good old fashioned lineline modem. In any case, to surf the Web one needs a browser and the most well-know one for the palm OS is Handspring's Blazer 2.0. Davy Fields brings us this review.