TomeRaider, a cross platform reference viewer, is now available for the Pocket PC platform. It features HTML style text, compression, low system footprint, zooming, bookmarks, and access to the free TomeRaider file archive.

Senator Spence Abraham will unveil the nation’s first campaign channel for mobile devices at the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia. Supporters will be able to donate to the campaign, obtain news updates, and volunteer for activities from a variety of mobile devices with AvantGo’s free mobile Internet service.

Qvadis has announced a special e-Book-of-the-Month: New York Times bestselling author Seth Godin’s new book on marketing in the Internet economy, “Unleashing the Ideavirus.” It will be available in a Doc format edition on the Qvadis Web site as the Palm e-Book-of-the-Month selection for nonfiction.

For a limited time, Llamagraphics is offering $10 off orders of a License Code for Life Balance for Palm OS when customers answer their “Back to School” survey. Life Balance is time management software designed specifically for handheld computers.

Palm, Inc., Claudia Schiffer, and PTN Media announced a collaboration to design and market the Palm Vx Claudia Schiffer Edition handheld computer. The device has a brushed metallic-aqua case, and Schiffer is personally selecting her favorite add-on software applications to include on a CD that customers can use to install the programs on their Palm Vx Claudia Schiffer Edition handheld. It will be available exclusively online in the Fall of 2000 at Claudia Schiffer’s Web site.

Senator Spence Abraham will unveil the nation’s first campaign channel for mobile devices at the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia. Supporters will be able to donate to the campaign, obtain news updates, and volunteer for activities from a variety of mobile devices with AvantGo’s free mobile Internet service.

NS Basic announced NS Basic/CE Desktop 1.0 is now shipping. The software should allow developers to create Windows CE applications on the desktop and then download them to Pocket PC and Windows CE devices. According to the press release, it’s a complete BASIC development environment for Pocket PC and Windows CE devices.

The Piloteer Magazine contacted the two US Presidential Campaigns and talked to them about their use of Palm handhelds. The current issue covers the Bush Campaign, to be followed by a report on the Gore Campaign in the next issue.

Chessopolis has a review of Chess Genius for the Palm computing platform. The article notes that people have been waiting a long time for a decent chess program for their Palm handheld and points out that Chess Genius was one of the few programs to beat Garry Kasparov. The reviewer says the program is easy to use and exceedingly stable and the board design is very pleasing to look at.

The Gadgeteer has a review of the Stabo Stylus, from Simple Com Inc. The reviewer calls the aluminum stylus visually appealing. It’s designed to fit the Palm III series, but a Palm V model is available.