Synchrologic announces the general availability of Synchrologic Mobile Suite 5.4. Synchrologic Mobile Suite 5.4 offers Push Mobile, which is available for wireless devices including laptops and tablets as well as the newest handheld devices and backend data bases including Exchange, Domino, Oracle, Sybase, DB2, and SQL server.

Here’s an article from the Business Standard of India that says Visual Basic is like a giant vacuum because it can just as easily be used to write software for Windows as it can to automate Microsoft Office. The author used Visual Basic to create Macros for certain tasks in Outlook.

Walt Disney Internet Group (WDIG) today launched its first comprehensive consumer Internet site devoted to its wireless content offerings. The site will provide consumers with information regarding Disney Mobile content offerings and purchases as well as product demonstrations. The site offers Disney Mobile information on the latest downloadable content for mobile phones, including games, graphics, ring tones, and Disney mobile greeting cards.

palmOne announced the latest release of a developer toolkit that brings Java 2 Micro Edition support to Treo 600 smartphones and Tungsten handhelds. A beta of the new version of IBM’s WebSphere Micro Environment Toolkit for Palm OS Developers, which includes a new high-performance runtime with support for the latest Java Community Process standards, was released to developers through the palmOne PluggedIn developer Web site.

Symbol Technologies and IBM will collaborate on new wireless handheld and scanning solutions aimed at vertical markets including retail, public sector and travel. CRN reports that examples of joint solutions include Symbol’s wireless mobile computers running IBM WebSphere Micro Edition, a Java-powered infrastructure for extending business applications, to use messaging via MQ Everyplace and enable users access to Siebel, SAP, J.D. Edwards or PeopleSoft applications and other databases.

MS Mobiles reports that if you use Microsoft Outlook, then Smart Journal may come in handy for you because it allows you to view phone calls that you received and initiated in your Microsoft smartphone.

Astraware Limited announces the release of its newest puzzle game for PDAs, Cubis, ported and published by Astraware, Cubis is a conversion of the popular next generation PC and Web puzzle game developed by US based FreshGames, LLC. Cubis is available for all Palm OS and Pocket PC handhelds from Astraware’s Web site.

SMC Networks announced the newest in its line of mobile computing products, the EZ Connect 2.4GHz 11Mbps Wireless USB Flash Drive. The new SMCWUSB32EZ Connect 2.4GHz 11Mbps Wireless USB Flash Drive combines wireless connectivity and storage in one USB device.

PalmGear announced their expansion into China with headquarters in Shanghai and offices in Beijing. PalmGear’s expansion will bring software, eBooks and content to consumers and enterprise customers throughout China. The online store was fully developed in Beijing by PalmGear China.

Verizon Wireless and Audiovox Communications Corporation (ACC) announce that the CDM-8900 camera phone will be available on Friday, December 12, 2003. The Get It Now-enabled CDM-8900 is a handset with a built-in 300-pixel high-resolution digital camera and color screen. It has a self-timer, brightness control and self-portrait reflector.