PRNewswire reports that Palm, Inc., Shinei International and Liquid Audio, Inc. have announced a complete digital music package for handheld users. The package includes Shinei’s expandable Porteson MP3 player and Palm co-branded Liquid Player Plus desktop software, licensed by Shinei from Liquid Audio. Palm and Liquid Audio also launched Palm Music Connection (http://www.palm.com/musicplayer), a Palm branded music-download Web site hosted by Liquid Audio that gives users access to thousands of secure digital downloads.

To kick off the launch, Palm is providing 100 Palm m100 handhelds with Turbo Red faceplates for MTV’s Video Music Award gift baskets, and Shinei is providing 100 new 64MB Porteson MP3 players, loaded with CD-quality downloads from MTV award nominees supplied by Liquid Audio. The Palm m100 handhelds and snap-on MP3 players will be given to all of MTV’s presenters and music performers.