Wired News notes that at the same time Handspring and Pocket PC manufacturers are trying to make their handheld devices do it all, Palm is moving in the other direction, with the belief that more simplicity will target women and first-time device owners.

The write up on the Palm m100 by Reuters says Palm is positioning its latest handheld device as a functional fashion accessory. Palm product manager Tim Twerdahl is quoted as saying, “You can change the color with your mood, your wardrobe, or the day of the week.”

eBookNet has an article saying that if the Palm m100 catches on outside Palm’s current market of mobile professionals, it could greatly increase the popularity of eBooks. The article also says the Palm m100 could provide direct competition for other eBook reading devices, such as Franklin’s eBookman and Gemstar’s Rocket eBook.

Ectaco, Inc. announced the opening of its new corporate site. The site offers a wide range of pocket electronic dictionaries and software compatible with the Palm Os and Windows CE.

TeamShare, Inc. is announcing its new product, TeamTrack Mobile, to be used with either tTrack or tSupport. According to the press release, TeamTrack Mobile offers real-time, live SSL Palm-compatible browser connectivity using a Palm handheld.

Synchrologic, Inc. announced the availability of iMobile Data Synchronization 3.0. It works across all major mobile platforms, such as the Palm OS and Pocket PC.

Handspring announced a new affiliate program that is designed to enable a wide variety of companies, organizations, and individuals to market the Visor by posting links on their own Web sites directing customers to Handspring.com. According to the announcement, each time a referred customer makes a purchase from the Handspring site, affiliates earn a referral fee.

PalmPower has once again scooped the entire industry with the first review of the new Palm m100 and details of the new Palm VIIx. Although other news organizations, uh, leaked information to the public earlier, we at PalmPower have been extremely careful to abide by our agreement with Palm not to divulge any original information until 3:01am EST, today, August 7th. And that’s exactly what we did. At approximate 3:06am today, our intrepid editors uploaded the first in-depth review, anywhere, on the Palm m100. At approximately 3:10am, we updated our mobile edition, so folks downloading PalmPower to their handhelds can read all about the Palm m100 over breakfast. At exactly the same time, we updated our news feeds so our thousands of affiliates will have the latest Palm news and article information on their Web sites. And at approximately 3:11am, we sent a PalmPower Special Report to all our readers and to members of the press, describing the Palm m100 and the Palm VIIx. Once all that was done, we checked out the Web sites of our competitors and found that not one had gotten a review (or any additional information) up in the deep, dark middle of the night. So read PalmPower and read all about it.

Wired News has an article on how Warner Brothers is teaming with PacketVideo to deliver MPEG-4 format cartoons to wirelessly enabled Casio Cassiopeia E-115, Compaq iPAQ, and Hewlett-Packard Jornada handhelds, early next year. The 30 to 60 second cartoons will feature the Looney Tunes characters.

Wired News has an article on how Warner Brothers is teaming with PacketVideo to deliver MPEG-4 format cartoons to wirelessly enabled Casio Cassiopeia E-115, Compaq iPAQ, and Hewlett-Packard Jornada handhelds, early next year. They also hope to reach next-generation cellphones and Palm devices in the future. The 30 to 60 second cartoons will feature the Looney Tunes characters.