SilliconValley.com has an opinion piece by Mike Lanberg that suggests Handspring’s new Treo 180 communicator might be another dud when it comes to combining a PDA with a cell phone.

Saunders, manufacturer and marketer of the RhinoSkin brand of cases for handheld devices, has announced the lowering of its prices for RhinoSkin Aluminum and Titanium Hardcases. All Aluminum cases will now be $34.95, down from $49.95 and Titanium cases will be $69.95 down from $99.95.

PalmBasket Inc., a provider of Palm OS-based retail and eCommerce solutions, announced that Gregory Miller has become a member of its Board of Directors. Mr. Miller is currently Managing Director and President of Universal Studios Port Aventura, a 2,000 acre destination resort on the Mediterranean coast of Spain which includes Europe’s second largest theme park, a water park, and hotels. Prior to this appointment, Mr. Miller spent six years at PepsiCo in various strategic planning, system development projects and operational planning capacities, five years at Baxter Healthcare in financial management, and three years at Price Waterhouse.

You can sneak a peek at the New Dodge M80 & Razor Concept Cars with PDA applications that will be delivered onsite at the Detroit Auto Show on Saturday. You can also download it here from Palmtop Publishing.

Fictionwise launched its fifth 2001 Nebula Preliminary Ballot nominee, “To Kiss The Star” by Amy Sterling Casil, as a free ebook.

DataViz, Inc. announced its Documents To Go Standard Edition 4.0 is included on the new Sony CLIE PEG-S360 and PEG-T615C handheld devices. DataViz’s software allows customers to create, review, and edit Word and Excel files on Palm OS handhelds.

Maximum PDA has a review of the Universal Steel Case Wrapped in Leather from SmarterCase.com. According to the post, “This case offers the durability of a hard shell exterior with a secure snap closure in a variety of styles and fabric coverings.”

Handspring and mm02 announced that mm02 will distribute and market Handspring’s Treo family. The companies will work together during the first quarter of this year to launch Treo via mmO2 networks in the UK (Cellnet), the Netherlands (Telfort), Germany (Viag), and Ireland (Digifone).

InStep Group has released InStep Fax, an add-on component for InStep Print that allows Palm OS handheld users to print and fax their word processing and spreadsheet documents, email messages, information from the clipboard, calendar, and address book contacts.

CNET News.com has an article on how Palm is once again trying to spur developers to create programs that take advantage of Bluetooth wireless technology by announcing it is offering new software to enable developers to create products based on Bluetooth.