To get a look at a clear Sony CLIE, visit this site. Of course, it would help if you could read Japanese, but for those of us who can’t, the mystery of where this thing came from still rages.

AvantGo Inc. announced that users purchasing new Handspring Visor Platinum and Prism devices can add AvantGo to their devices directly from the Handspring Web site.

Palm, Inc. and SRI International announced the Palm Education Pioneers (PEP) program which will award grants of Palm handheld computers to K-12 teachers and their students. This technology grant program will enable teachers to incorporate Palm handheld computers into their lessons and provide them to every student in their class. Students and teachers in more than 100 classrooms nationally will participate in the program.

Pendragon Software announced Pendragon SyncServer, a new synchronization server for its database application software. The new server is an add-on for Pendragon Forms that allows users to synchronize forms applications across the Internet, both from networked desktop PC

Noetix Corporation and AvantGo, Inc. announced a strategic relationship to provide corporate data to users of mobile devices. The technology alliance pairs together Noetix’ data access platform with AvantGo’s mobile infrastructure software to deliver corporate database information to Personal Digital Assistants and other wireless devices.

Palm Boulevard asks the question, “Multimedia for Palms?” They want to know whether you wish Palm would be more supportive of multimedia or are you one of those who feels that multimedia is just a waste of money on a PDA.

Shinei announced that it has begun shipping the my-Vox HS1 Digital Voice Recorder for the Handspring Visor.

BackupBuddy Software announced the release of BackupBuddy for Windows version 1.4. The update is free to all registered users of BackupBuddy for Windows.

YadaYada Inc. and 555-1212.com announced the launch of the “YadaYada Directory Assistant,” which allows YadaYada subscribers to access free directory lookup services to find people, businesses, area codes, and country codes from wherever they are.

A posting at PalmStation.com pointed out that OfficeDepot printed a typo in their Sunday print-ad, accidently listing the price of the Palm Portable Keyboard at $19.99. Of course, this led to people rushing out and demanding the keyboards at the advertised price, as opposed to the regular price of $99.99. Probably the only thing keeping hoards of gadget enthusiasts from stampeding OfficeDepots all over the country is the fact that they’re too busy gathering in hoards outside Best Buy awaiting the release of Play Station 2.