PCWorld.com has an article suggesting the supply shortages being faced by Palm and Compaq may be the fault of mobile phones, which also use LCDs and flash memory. As cell phone sales increase, the scarcity of the parts increases.

Resco released an unzip utility for Pocket PC that can receive and use email attachments in zip format, speed the transfer of Word and Excel documents packed in a zip file, increase the free space of your Pocket PC memory, and improve the data protection when using password protected compression.

Information and links about Microsoft’s Stinger smart phone can be found at Chris De Herrera’s Windows CE Web site. Lately, Microsoft has been showing the device with features similar to the Pocket PC embedded in it.

PCWorld.com has an article suggesting the supply shortages being faced by Palm and Compaq may be the fault of mobile phones, which also use LCDs and flash memory. As cell phone sales increase, the scarcity of the parts increases.

There may be a way to increase the memory of a Palm m100 from 2MB to 12MB. The problem is, the Web site explaining how to do it is in Chinese. The call is out for translators at a number of Palm computing sites, so an English version may be available soon.

The Register reports Sony will launch a Web-based content service called CLIE Plaza for its upcoming Personal Entertainment Organisers based on the Palm OS. The service is set to launch September 9, the date of the device’s debut in Japan.

Aportis Technologies Corp. announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership with MemoWare to create the new Aportis eBook Library. The library contains free eBooks and other documents available in AportisDoc format.

Conduits has released Pocket Watch 1.0 for the Pocket PC. The application is an interactive world clock with a world view of daylight information, sixteen world clocks, and sunrise and sunset times.

Resco has released File Explorer 2.2 for Pocket PC. The file management utility allows the user to copy, move, or delete files, run programs with arguments, and search for files or folders.

WiredGuy.com has a review of a game for the Pocket PC called Bubble Blaster from ZIO Interactive. The reviewer notes the impressive graphics, and he describes the game as being a variation on Tetris in which the player must line up balls in color sets of three or more.