VITO Technology has just released a new version of its popular SMS-Chat for Windows Mobile devices. SMS-Chat is an enhanced threaded SMS messaging application. It has a number of unique displays and functions to enhance your text message experience. In addition to threaded sms it also offers skin support, a finger friendly interface, the ability to backup sms messages, full screen notifications of new messages and much more. This new update adds new skins, the ability to backup within the app and numerous bug fixes.

SMS-Chat v1.2 is available now for $14.95 and comes with a free trial period. It is compatible with devices running WIndows Mobile 5.0 and above.

The PreThinking blog has posted a new set of WebOS screenshots. The screen grabs appear to have been taken from an early release of the WebOS SDK emulator running on a Mac.

The 15 shots show a number of different apps and informational menus. The Google maps application is shown as is a number of other screens such as the Preferences and Phone Info and the ringtone settings.

Snapperfish have recently released version 3.0 of their popular SnapperMail email application for Palm OS devices. SnapperMail 3.0 brings many new features including online mailbox search, a message list filter that allows you to find messages by entering a few letters, new quick keyboard navigational shortcuts and a new smaller font that allows more info to be displayed in the message list. The program features full POP3 and IMAP (enterprise edition only) support as well as finger optimized navigation, mail storage on memory cards, native attachment support, background operation and a host of other features.

SnapperMail v3.0 is available now with a free trial period. Depending on the version and features it ranges in price from $24.95 to $59.95. It is compatible with devices running Palm OS 3.5 and above.

PearMobile has released a new application for Palm OS devices. PearBlockIt is a security tool that enables users to password protect selected applications on your device. The utility assists with data protection by requiring a password to launch your protected apps.

PearBlockIt v1.0 is available now for $3.95 and comes with a free trial period. It is compatible with Palm OS 5 and above.

In what appears to be a fairly legitimate-sounding post, a large bit of new Pre info has just appeared on a blog site entitled the Inside Sprint Now blog. The anonymous blogger claims to be a Sprint/Nextel customer care representative and acting in no way on behalf of Sprint or Palm.

While too lengthy to cover in full here, a great deal of interesting information is clarified, confirmed and revealed in this mammoth update. So assuming the blog and the latest post's contents are 100% accurate, a number of interesting details are covered, including:

A new version of Chatopus has been released. Chatopus is a Jabber/XMPP client for instant messaging (IM) on the Palm OS platform. It works with multiple IM services including Google Talk, MSN Messenger, ICQ, AIM, Yahoo! Messenger, GaduGadu, QQ, Sametime and others. Recent new features include Palm OS Global Find support, and clickable links, phone numbers and e-mail addresses in message view. It also now features Twitter support, where you can update your status and receive real-time updates from your follower list.

Chatopus v2.40 supports Palm OS 4.0 and later. The program can be purchased for a one-time charge of US$ 16.95. There is a free fully functional 30-day trial period.

FontSmoother for Palm OS has just been updated. FontSmoother enables you to display smooth, antialiased custom fonts on your Treo, Centro or PDA. It works across nearly all applications on Palm OS 5 devices with 320x320 or larger screens. FontSmoother includes a number of free smooth fonts and comes with a utility that enables you to convert Windows TrueType fonts. Updates include better highlighting, new fonts in Cyrillic, Polish and it now includes some of Lubak's non-smooth fonts.

FontSmoother v2.4 sells for $12.95 USD. There is a free, fully functional 8 day trial, after which all smooth fonts default to their non-smooth versions until registration is completed (except in a few select bible applications).

Eager users and Mojo developers alike have been watching the gradual roll-out of Palm's new WebOS programming guidebook, "Palm webOS: Developing Applications in JavaScript Using the Palm Mojo Framework". Now Chapter 4 of the Rough Cuts work-in-progress version of the book has just been posted by Safari Books Online. Various purchase options, such as online, PDF and print book bundles are available from Safari. The dead tree version can also be pre-ordered on Amazon.

Published by O-Reilly Media and authohred by Palm's Vice President and Software CTO Mitch Allen alongside members of the WebOS Development Team, the book is expected to be released sometime in August, according to Amazon's pre-order page from our coverage last month. Chapter 4 of the book deals with the dialog boxes and various menu functions of WebOS.

Palm OS 4cast Weather $9.95 now $4.95 CallRec $19.99 now $14.99 VoiceDialIt $14.95 now $9.95 TAKEphONE $19.95 now $9.95 FakeCall - Get out of boring meetings $9.95 now $4.95

Windows Mobile SBSH PocketBreeze $19.95 now $13.95 Elecont Launcher $9.95 now $6.95 MobileRemote $11.95 now $9.99 SmartTweaker 2008 $14.95 now $4.95 Wizcode ScanDisk Mobile $14.95 now $9.85

EveythingPre and the TreoCentral forums have picked up and posted a set of newly leaked Palm Pre spy shots. The new pics were apparently posted to a Twitter account this afternoon and then quickly pulled.

While yet another round of pics of the Pre is not usually notable, one of the included shot shows a previously unseen native YouTube application. The blurry, and presumably camera-phone snapped shots, appear to have been taken today. The other images show a close up of the email composition screen and a quick size comparison with an iPhone.

CrazySoft has released a new game for Palm OS devices. Snake Deluxe 2 is billed as 'simply the best' take on the classic game of Snake. It retains the basic gameplay of the classic and adds enhanced graphic and sounds. Simply guide the snake to the fruit in 32 different Rounds with 4 different words and 4 different bosses to kill.

Snake Deluxe 2 v2.0 is available now for $16.95 and a free trial period is included. It is currently on sale for $12.95 for a limited time. The title is also available for Windows Mobile devices.