Coola Inc. announced that it has entered into partnerships with seven major providers of document reader software for Palm and other handheld devices. The new partnership agreements are with Blue Nomad LLC, Cutting Edge Software, iSilo, Qvadis, RichReader, TealPoint Software, and TomeRaider.

ZDNet reports Palm has invested in SiPix, which is working on a pint-sized thermal printer that can be used with handhelds that use Palm’s operating system.

PalmTec and MemoWare announced the start of TomeRaider Content Contest II. By contributing documents in TomeRaider format to MemoWare’s collection, you’ll be registered to win one or more prizes.

DataViz, Inc. announced the retail release of localized French, Italian, German, and Spanish versions of Documents To Go.

The Register has an article on the mysterious photo of a color Palm V that showed up on PalmStation.com. The article offers its own speculations about the device.

Yahoo has an article on Toshiba Corp. announcement that it would launch its own personal digital assistant in the summer.

CNET News.com reports that we could soon see a Michael Jordan edition Palm device. According to the article, Palm has talked with Jordan and other celebrities in the wake of the deal to create the Claudia Schiffer Edition Palm Vx.

ZDNet has an article outlining the details of the new Palm devices rumored to be on the way. The article quotes sources close to the company as saying Palm is working on two new systems: a black-and-white model priced at about $495 in France, and a 16-bit-color configuration to cost roughly $635.

ZDNet reports that “The extreme imbalance in supply and demand for wireless code writers has headhunters on the lookout, and it has pushed salaries of some wireless programmers beyond the relatively lofty levels of regular software developers.”

CNET News.com reports General Motors announced a deal to partner with clinical information specialist Medscape in a three-year program to encourage physicians to use handheld computers for prescribing drugs and accessing digital health records.