MedsPDA.com will soon complete its medical PDA downloadable software catalogue making it the largest resource for medical handheld users on the Web. MedsPDA has just launched its affiliate program which links professional healthcare sites to MedsPDA’s software catalogue and represents a revenue sharing opportunity for both Web sites.

AvantGo, Inc. and Spacient Technologies, Inc. announced a strategic alliance to deliver mobile and wireless field force automation and location-based solutions to the utilities and telecommunications industries. By combining AvantGo M-Business Server with Spacient’s Fieldport mobile operations management software and services, AvantGo and Spacient are providing a mobile and real-time wireless solution that provides the utilities and telecommunications industries with an integrated Web and wireless application for managing mobile field service operations and resource productivity.

Palm, Inc. launched a new U.S. TV and online ad campaign that features the company’s newest products: the Palm m130 and m515 color handhelds and the Palm i705 wireless handheld. The campaign features a 30-second TV spot that will air on national network and cable, and is scheduled to run for five weeks. AKQA, a San Francisco-based advertising and marketing services agency, developed the new campaign. The ad was produced by Digital Kitchen, with music by Plastilina Mosh. According to Bob Pullum and Adam Lau, AKQA associate creative directors, the spot contains three distinct chapters that demonstrate how each of the new handhelds uniquely enhances the lifestyles of a wide range of users, and that show that no matter what the user wants to do, there is a Palm handheld that can help do it better.

Palm, Inc. reported revenues of $292.7 million for the third quarter of fiscal 2002, ended March 1, up 1 percent from the $290.6 million reported in the preceding fiscal quarter and down 38 percent from the $470.8 million reported for the comparable period last year.

CNET News.com has an article on Palm’s report on its profit for its third quarter ended March 1, the results of which topped some analysts’ estimates.

HandHeldCrime has announced its twenty-seventh issue, which includes an excerpt from David Grand’s new literary noir novel, The Disappearing Body. Issue 27 also includes the usual complement of free, stand-alone crime fiction. This time around, they’re featuring short stories by David White, Bob Stevens, Hugh Lessig, Anthony Neil Smith, Gay Toltl Kinman, and Jennifer Spray.

Palm, Inc. reported revenues of $292.7 million for the third quarter of fiscal 2002, ended March 1, up 1 percent from the $290.6 million reported in the preceding fiscal quarter and down 38 percent from the $470.8 million reported for the comparable period last year.

Palm Infocenter has a review of the Fold-5000 Foldable Keyboard. It’s a rubbery ergonomic keyboard for the Palm III, Palm V, and Palm m100 series. It can be rolled up for added portability, and it’s waterproof.

Palm Infocenter reports VKB Ltd. has developed a method for projecting an optical image of a keyboard onto a surface then detecting whether someone is typing. The virtual keyboard can also include a touchpad or a virtual mouse.

Handspring, Inc. announced an agreement to launch Handspring’s Treo 180 Communicator across Canada exclusively through Rogers AT&T Wireless.