BrightHand has an article explaining why Palm, Inc. and Nokia have met with such great success over their competitors. According to the article, “It all comes down to whether a company is product-focused or people-focused.”

TapPad.com is offering their Graffiti enhancement for only $12.95 (normally $19.95) now through the Thanksgiving weekend. TapPad is a thin, transparent overlay that attaches to the Graffiti area of your Palm device and adds tappable buttons designed to enhance and simplify text entry.

Palmspring Software announced it has acquired Mobile Generation Software, Inc. and its Web presence, mobilegeneration.com. The company is scheduled to change its name to Handmark by the end of the year.

Club Photo Inc. announced Album To Go version 1.61, free software that enables the sharing of photos between any two Palm OS handhelds.

Nexian, Inc. announced the release of the HandyGPS version 1.6 for the Handspring Visor. The HandyGPS gives the exact time, date, position, and bearing. It also includes a navigation mode, which displays your position and traces it on the handheld screen in a graphic.

Pacific Microinstruments, Inc. announced the immediate availability of the Extra*Digit DNP-24 in original equipment manufacturer quantities. The DNP-24 data acquisition system features a high-resolution 24-bit analog-to-digital converter and a DSP co-processor running at speeds up to 160 MIPS (million instructions per second). The measurement system is optically isolated from the Springboard expansion slot and includes spectral analysis firmware, a Palm OS application programmer interface, and Windows database integration over HotSynch.

Fictionwise.com announced the eBook release of the story “The Knight of Ghosts and Shadows” by Gardner Dozois. The story is available for free in popular eBook formats for handheld devices and personal computers.

agentGO announced the release of agentMDK for building mobile applications. The agentMDK software development toolkit is available free to developers at the agentGO DevZone.

ThinAirApps, Inc. announced the availability of ThinAir Server 1.2. The new version includes feature and performance enhancements. ThinAir Server gives enterprises the ability to access Microsoft Exchange and Lotus Domino groupware data, including email, calendars, and address books from any Palm, Pocket PC, RIM, or Symbian handheld, or any Internet-ready mobile phone.

LandWare, Inc. announced the introduction of the patent-pending floating.point stylus. The stylus uses a non-linear, dampened nib designed to replicates the feel of writing on a pad of paper.