Brighthand has an article on why the Palm Doc format may become the universal PDA document format.

Free registration is required to read this New York Times article the SkyGolf GPS Personal Caddie that combines a Palm V or Visor handheld with a global positioning system receiver to give golfers a to-the-yard measurement from their ball to the next pin, or next trap, on any of 500 golf courses in the United States.

Palm Infocenter has come upon details of a rumored Palm m125 device. According to the leaked details, the device will have a 33 MHz Dragonball VZ processor, 8MB of RAM, an SD expansion slot, use Palm’s Universal Connector, and will resemble the rest of the Palm m100 series.

SplashData, Inc. announced SplashID, a personal identification organizer that allows users to securely maintain all of their personal identification information on a Palm OS handheld. Information is stored in a secure, encrypted format.

Chris Lam announced Aardvark, an indexed document reader for Palm computers. It allows you to create and read PDF-style documents with a full hierachical index.

CNET News.com reports executives from the three leading handheld device makers were upbeat during presentations at the U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray conference, believing now is the perfect time to look for new markets since handheld sales are declining domestically.

Yahoo has a press release from Liquid Audio, Inc. announcing it has been selected by Palm, Inc. to provide Palm handheld users with a solution for accessing digital music. Palm is licensing both Liquid Audio’s Secure Portable Player Platform (SP3) and the Liquid Store. Liquid Audio’s SP3 enables third party hardware developers to build digital music devices that will work with the full line of Palm handhelds. Shinei’s Porteson MP3 player for the Palm m100 series handhelds is the first device to take advantage of Palm’s SP3 integration with Liquid Audio. Palm has also licensed a customized version of Liquid Audio’s commerce solution, the Liquid Store, to create the Palm Music Connection. This new song download Web page gives Palm m100 series handheld users immediate access to thousands of secure digital downloads from a wide variety of artists and genres.

Palm, Inc. announced registration is open for PalmSource 2001, its fifth annual worldwide developers conference. The conference will take place October 23-26 at the San Jose Convention Center in San Jose, Calif. Participants may register now at http://www.palmsource.com. A reduced rate for early registration is available until Aug. 31, and a special discount is available for PalmSource alumni.

Landware announced 9-Ball Pinball is now available for color handhelds with enhanced graphics and a new skin. A 14-day demo of 9-Ball is available for download and can be purchased for $14.95. Current registered owners of 9-Ball Pinball can upgrade for free. PalmPak Game Card owners can upgrade for $4.95.

MatchBook Products LLC., maker of the MatchBookDrive compactflash adapter for the Visor handheld computer, announced today that effective immediately it is liquidating its inventory and will then cease operations.