Zagat.com announced today that it has partnered with LandWare to develop software that enables users of Palm OS based connected organizers to access Zagat’s catalogue of restaurant surveys for major U.S. cities. The two companies expect the software to be released in time for the holidays.

Cutting Edge Software announced today that it has become the exclusive distributor of SmartDoc, a text document editor and reader application developed by TapWorks, Inc. Using one of many third party document converters available, SmartDoc 2.0 allows users to read and edit Microsoft Word documents or any text formatted file on their Palm compatible organizers, including the new Handspring Visor model.

OAG announced today that users of the Palm VII can now access travel information provided by OAG via OAG’s Web clipping application, available for download. Using the Palm VII connected organizer, travelers can now access the OAG database of worldwide flights.

Vicinity Corporation announced it will offer its BrandFinder capabilities through the Palm.Net wireless service, for Palm VII organizers. You can now search, locate and access information on businesses and their products or services via the BrandFinder Web clipping application, which is available as a free download from Palm.Net.

GoPDA.com unveiled CEStation.com as the newest addition to its network of websites for the handheld computing market.

Check out this article from Wired News on a new phone based on Windows CE. A company called Orange will sell a videophone in the United Kingdom which will offer the standard functions of a PDA and it will allow users to surf the Web and send and receive email.

PC Magazine show you how you can use Sega Dreamcast to edit photos. You will be able to use Picture IQ, which will let you view, but also edit, enhance, organize, store, and share digital photographs.

AvantGo announced an electronic commerce initiative that will allow you to purchase goods and services using handheld devices and smart phones. AvantGo also announced that Amazon.com will join this initiative.

Siebel Systems announced the availability of Siebel Sales Handheld, a Microsoft Windows CE application to combine sales force software with mobile handheld devices. Siebel Sales Handheld allows mobile sales professionals to instantly access comprehensive customer information where it is most important — at the point of interaction with the customer.

NS BASIC Corporation is now shipping The Big Red Toolbox, a set of extensions to the NS Basic/CE development environment. The tools allow you to display HTML documents with the HTML control, show JPEGs and bitmaps, use completely new Treeview and ListView controls, and add sliders, trackbars and progress indicators.