JP Systems and Widcomm are teaming up to bring Bluetooth technology to the HandSpring platform. JP's web-to-wireless software will power Widcomm's Blue-Connect spingboard module. The new module will give users access to internet content, email and scheduling information via a secure radio link within 30 feet of a Bluetooth compatible device. You can find the press release here.

Java World is running a 4 part series on Palm programming with Java. The article begins to show you how to leverage the strengths of the PalmOS and its development environment to build consumer-device applications in Java. I have to ask the Palm Developers out there if they see a future with Java on the Palm platform. What are Java's advantages over C or C++ on a PDA?

Top speakers from five major mobile computing companies -- Microsoft, Palm, Symbian, Psion, & DataRover - will face off Tuesday, November 2 to battle over rights to the "best" mobile computing platform. The session will be held at the Mobile & PDA Expo and Wireless I.T. 99 next week in Silicon Valley. Read more in this press release and at Mobile Village.

review ... This past week (October 19-22) the 1999 PalmSource Convention in Santa Clara, CA has been an exciting time for Palm-goers, as new products were hyped and rumors whispered through the halls. I was lucky to be able to crash the party on Thursday, but there was a mission.
for the rest goto http://www.palmguru.com

This is an interesting news item that was sent in... The OnHandPC. It's a PDA watch hybrid that sync's with PIM software including the Palm Desktop. This is an amazing gadget. It features a 106 x 64 display with 2 megs of flash memory. From the press release... If you're like many people today, you probably rely on your computer to manage life's myriad details. Your information is organized, but not very portable. But now with just a touch of a button, you can transfer important data from your computer to the onHand PC - the computer you wear on your wrist. Click on Read more for the full press release or visit the OnHandPC website.

Innogear has details on the MP3 and "six pack" springboards in development. The Minijam can have up to 64megs of ram for about an hour of high quality mp3 music. The six pack module sports a 56k modem, voice recorder with an enhanced speaker, vibrating alarm, cellular capable modem, red LED light, and 8 megs of flash memory. They should be available in Q1 of y2k. And if you are sick of waiting for your Visor to arrive there are already a few on Ebay.

review ... Take your Palm or take Rand McNally? I think I'll opt for the Palm. Have you ever wanted to leave that big map at home, and just use your Palm. HandMap, by Evolutionary Systems, is an amazing mapping program that easily gets you from point A to point B. for the rest go to http://www.palmguru.com
Also the palmguru and pdadash have announced a content partnership for a new column which you can read about here.

If you have a good net connection I highly recommend checking out these two video clips from PalmSource. You can watch a clip for the first Palm TV commercial here (forward to the 4:30 mark for the commercial). And David Pogue's speech demo's some excellent new features in development such as Voice recognition, Video mail and a lie detector all on a Palm V. I won't ruin the surprise you'll have to see for yourself ;)

We are happy to announce the release of our newly enhanced Palm edition AvantGo channel. The new version includes the latest news, user comments and soon special palm-only features. And by popular request, you can now post comments on news from your handheld device. If you are already a subscriber or want to subscribe you will need to download this update or change your link-depth to 2. We also have a new Top 50 Most Popular News Articles section and a new feedback form for site related suggestions and feedback. And if that's not enough you can also get a free @palminfocenter.com webmail account, see the box on the right.

PC World has an article full of good details. First off, they talk about Palm's first TV commercial. Yes a TV commercial, PDA's are moving into the mainstream. It has a funny story line as well, I can't wait to see it. They also mention Palm's plans for future models. They have Plans for the enterprise, as we heard from PalmSource, and consumer-oriented palm devices for the everyday person.

This is not an "another review" of the Palm V 8meg upgrade, rather this is more of a report for a Palm 8mb Upgrade Exercise that was organized by SPUG last month. I understand that there are tons of Palm V upgrades reviews out there on various sites. We have included pics and even video clips for those who are interested in the upgrading process of a Palm V to 8mb. Find out more at http://www.spug.org