Fictionwise.com announced the launch of science fiction grandmaster Jack Williamson

Innopocket announced it will release the Innopocket FlashPlus Compact Flash Adapter Springboard Module on June 1.

Palm Boulevard reports on the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas which is putting the finishing touches on a plan to begin using wireless Palm OS-based handhelds to check visitors into their rooms. According to the article, clerks will use Model 1740 handhelds from Symbol Technologies Inc. to check visitors into the hotel.

Network Computing has an article on how third party developers are providing PDAs with full-featured word processors, Microsoft Exchange and Lotus Notes-compatible schedule managers and synchronizers, and project-management software that operates with Microsoft Project and similar products.

CNET News.com reports Motorola’s Dragonball processors will soon support Sony’s Memory Stick. According to the article, Dragonball processors are found in more than 25 million devices and are inside about 75 percent of handhelds, including all those that use the Palm operating system.

SplashData has released a new version of SplashMoney. The new version provides the following enhancements: auto-upload transactions to Quicken, import QIF files into SplashMoney, support for Palm Date Format Preference, support for International Date formats in Quicken, improved support for Palm OS 4.0.

SiPix, Inc. announced that its Pocket Printer A6 now supports over 45 Palm OS applications for direct printing.

TDI, a subsidiary of Infinity Broadcasting, has launched new interactive outdoor advertising technology that can be used to beam everything from product information to interactive games to cab fare estimators from outdoor phone kiosks to consumers’ Palm OS-based handhelds. This new technology was developed for TDI by Streetbeam, a New York City based wireless media and technology company. Palm, Inc., Sotheby’s, and Morgan Stanley are among the advertisers launching campaigns using this technology, which is currently available in New York City.

XcelleNet, Inc. and Wireless Knowledge announced an agreement to provide enterprise customers with a solution for remotely deploying and managing wireless mobile devices and the applications residing on them. Under the terms of the agreement, Wireless Knowledge will offer its customers XcelleNet’s Afaria application, which manages the deployment of Anystyle software on “smart client” devices.

Free registration is required to read this New York Times article on Handspring’s VisorPhone’s recent price cut to $249 plus the cost of the monthly phone service. The article also talks about the Blazer browser.