Palm IIIe powers new robot
Justin Osborn, a senior in the Magnet Program at Montgomery Blair High School, has developed a robot controlled by his Palm IIIe handheld. He was inspired by the Palm Pilot Robot Kit developed by Greg Reshko at Carnegie Mellon.
In-depth look at Palm, Inc.
Business 2.0 has an in-depth article on the Palm phenomenon that discusses Palm’s position in the marketplace and its competition from Microsoft and Handspring.
Sharp adopts Java
The Japan Times reports Sharp Corp. said it has adopted the Java programming language for its personal digital assistants, mobile phones, and other electronics gadgets with telecommunications functions.
AvantGo upgrade
CNET News.com reports AvantGo will release upgrades to its business and consumer software. According to the article, AvantGo 4.0 includes a new version of the company’s M-Business Server, which sits between a company’s network and handheld devices, as well as new versions of its Mobile Engine software for the Web, Lotus Notes, and Microsoft Exchange.
RoamMate at CeBit
NetSeal Technologies announced it will present its RoamMate software, providing a continuous and secure Internet connection to laptop computers and mobile terminals, at the CeBit fair in Hannover, Germany. The company aims to participate in the topical discussion on WLAN data security.
Palm forcasts not scaled-down
CNET has a Reuters piece reporting Palm says it sees the U.S. economy bearing down on technology spending, but the company denied reports that it backed scaled-down forecasts for its own market.
SplashPhoto 2.0 available
SplashPhoto 2.0 for the Palm OS is now available. The free upgrade includes a desktop image editor for cropping, rotating, and enhancing images; new dialogs on the Palm device for categorizing, deleting, and beaming images; improved image quality on Handspring Visor’s running Palm OS 3.1; and minor bug fixes.
PocketMirror 3.0 bundled
Chapura announced that PocketMirror 3.0 Standard is now being bundled with the Palm m500 and Palm m505, Handspring Visor Edge, and Kyocera QCP 6035 Smartphone handheld computers.
Why no new features?
Ed Hardy has an opinion piece at PalmInfocenter attempting to explain why the Palm m500 and Palm m505 don’t offer any features not already found on other Palm OS models.
SkipWire partnerships
SkipWire announced strategic partnerships to distribute SkipStream Services and DownStream software with Palm products and services offered by partners. As part of the deal, SkipWire
