AvantGo, Inc. announced that it has re-branded its AvantGo Mobile Internet Service as My AvantGo. The service is designed to deliver news, weather, sports, entertainment, and other content and applications to mobile users.

Rococo Software announced the release of Impronto Developer Kit for Linux, a Bluetooth development environment that makes building Bluetooth applications in Linux faster and easier. Impronto Developer Kit for Linux is available free of charge for non-commercial use from Rococo

CNET News.com reports PalmSource CEO David Nagel has spoken out against a Wintel-based clone model for handheld devices, but he admitted Dell Computer’s imminent entry into that market will “have an impact.”

Handspring, Inc. announced the availability of the Treo 270 communicator with GSM/GPRS network compatibility for Rogers AT&T Wireless customers across Canada. The Treo 270 from Rogers AT&T Wireless is a compact, full-color wireless communicator that integrates a wireless phone with applications such as email and Internet access, and a Palm OS organizer all in one.

Palm, Inc. and Lexus announced that Lexus sales teams are now equipped with Palm m500 handhelds. Lexus has purchased 3,000 Palm m500 handhelds for use in dealerships nationwide. The Palm handheld coupled with Lexus Vehicle software, a custom application created by Single Tap, allows Lexus salespeople to provide customers with interior and exterior options, photos, pricing, plans, and more.

CNET News.com reports Palm has agreed to license keyboard technology from Research In Motion, maker of the BlackBerry wireless devices. Palm said that it would incorporate RIM’s technology in its recently announced Tungsten line of handheld devices, aimed at the high end of the handheld market.

Expand Beyond Corp. announced the latest release of PocketDBA mobile software for database administration, which supports Oracle, SQL Server, and DB2 UDB databases. It’s designed to allow organizations to manage their heterogeneous IT infrastructure from a single wireless laptop, tablet, or PDA.

Mobility Electronics, Inc. announced that its Cutting Edge Software subsidiary

Proporta has launched TomeRaider 2.81. Proporta says the update is 4000 times faster and fully Palm OS 5 functional.

Bachmann Software announced that its PrintBoy software is bundled on the new AlphaSmart Dana, a Palm OS handheld portable computer designed to provide powerful yet affordable computers to students. Students will be able to use PrintBoy to print their assignments to any IR or USB printer directly from their AlphaSmart Dana computer.