Wired News has this article on the Palm device’s move from really cool geek gadget to serious enterprise player.

ThinAirApps.com announced ThinAir Secure Server, an application that allows corporate users to securely access information from a range of wireless devices in real-time. Users will be able to access data sources–from mail and databases, to internal applications–from such devices as the Palm VII Connected Organizer, Research in Motion Blackberry, Windows CE devices, WAP-enabled cell phones, and the Palm III and V.

At PalmSource ’99, Palm Computing president Alan Kessler, Mark Bercow, vice president of strategic alliances and platform development, and senior product manager Byron Connell took questions from the press. Wired News reports that they answered questions on color screens to expansion capabilities.

Here’s a report from Wired News on what’s going on at PalmSource ’99. The article reports on TRG’s new device, the Palm Ethernet Cradle, and Palm HotSync Server.

Sun Microsystems and Palm Computing announced the availability of Sun’s consulting services to help deliver enterprise applications and capabilities for handheld computers based on the Palm Computing platform through Sun.Com Consulting practice.

Here’s an article fom CNN on how the total cost of ownership (TCO) for a handheld device could be as high as $2700 for some companies.

Palm Computing announced the availability of CodeWarrior for the Palm Computing platform, Release 6. The latest version of the development tool for the Palm Computing platform features kits for developing wireless, Web-enabled Palm VII connected organizer applications, as well as tools for Japanese language applications and Japanese user interfaces.

ZDNN reports that Palm Computing has briefed its Palm operating system licensees on an upcoming release of the operating system that will support color.

WeSync.com previewed its wireless synchronization solution at the PalmSource ’99 conference. Wireless Refresh is one of the features available through the company’s Web-based service. WeSync, which went into public beta today, lets handheld users share synchronized calendars and contact lists with others via private, secure, online communities that users create at the WeSync Web site. Additional data types are to be added to the service in the future, as well as a Microsoft Windows CE version.

The Stingray Division of Rogue Wave Software announced its membership in Microsoft Corporation’s Embedded Tools Partner Program (ETP). Windows CE is the operating system for embedded applications that run on a variety of devices, including handheld computers.