Proporta has come up with a number of innovative cases to keep your mobile devices free from damage and looking as good as new.

For those times when you happen to know where you are going or just simply aren’t using your GPS Navigator and want to store it safely away, Proporta has created the ideal case to prevent against scratches and general impact damage–introducing Proporta’s new GPS Protective Carry Case.

Available in three sizes, the GPS Protective Carry Case is made from tough Cordura and strong nylon stitching to offer the greatest level of durability. The case also incorporates an in-built screen saver system, to give your device extra protection where it is at its most vulnerable. Optional wrist lanyard is included.

Confused by the alphabet soup of cell phone acronyms? Here’s a cheat sheet that’ll help you navigate the waters while your shopping for your next phone–or trying to get the most out of the handset you’ve got.

The nightmare begins early in the morning with an innocuous-looking email on your mobile phone instructing you to check a specific Web site for information about repairing your credit score.

You go to the Web site, decide it’s just another piece of spam, and move on through your normal daily routine. There’s the check-by-phone payment of your credit card bill, a high-level confidential business teleconference discussing sensitive company information, and finally arranging a dinner with that cute co-worker you don’t want your boyfriend to know about. Little do you know that all the while, someone else has been watching–and listening.

Agendus for Windows Mobile has been optimized to handle the dynamics of your everyday life, and provide a level of proactive personal assistance that so far has only been available from a “real-life” assistant, not a Windows Mobile-based phone or PDA.

This update brings numerous one handed navigation improvements, minimizes startup time, and is further optimized for use with the Motorola Q and other popular Windows Mobile Smartphone-based devices.

PDAparts.com is now carrying the Treo 680 replacement screen for those with butterfingers who have dropped their unit and cracked the screen. The Treo 680 screens are refurbished OEM Palm original screens with a price of $99 each. PDAparts also has a free video on their Web page that will show you how to take the Treo 680 apart to install your new screen. They also carry Treo 680 cases and buttons besides the replacement screens for many other Treo models including the 650, 700p, 700w, 750 and more.

SYWARE announced a release of Visual CE that supports Windows Mobile devices without touchscreens, such as the Motorola Q and Samsung BlackJack. The powerful, inexpensive database development software makes it easy to build applications for all types of Windows Mobile devices: Pocket PC, Pocket PC Phone Edition and now, Smartphone.

Resco announced availability of Resco CompactChart .NET, the charting control optimized for .NET Compact Framework 2.0, integrated with the Microsoft Visual Studio 2005.

Resco CompactChart .NET supports five chart types: Pie, Bar, Line, Doughnut and Area. The control has a comprehensive Visual Studio Designer support and its run-time layout is optimized for small displays of mobile devices, using features such as tap-and-hold tooltips to save space on mobile forms.

Many professionals know that providing excellent service is one sure-fire way to run a successful (and profitable) business. Another contributing factor is having the ability to properly track time and expenses–It’s something that needs to be done, but in a way that doesn’t detract from the time spent servicing the client.

That’s where BillRate fits in. It lets users harness the power of their Windows Mobile Pocket PC-based smartphone or handheld device to record time, expenses and mileage while on the go. BillRate makes it easy to link time, expense and mileage entries to a particular project and then allows organizing, filtering and sorting the data in a number of ways.

Additionally, when the Pocket PC and the Windows Desktop edition are used together, data is synchronized between the two, allowing further analysis and easy exporting to Excel, XML, and other data formats.

When Robin Raskin started in this business, the sign of a true tech-addiction was the ability to imitate a modem’s sound. Or to log in from anywhere, including a pay telephone. And, when you came home you immediately logged into CompuServe or Prodigy–even before going to the bathroom.

Today the signs of addiction are more nuanced, but equally demented. You know you’re an addict if…

KeyguardExt is a new utility from Megasoft2000. It functions as a Treo keyguard enhancer. It provides a wide range of extra information and customizable functions. Instead of just the time and date, KeyguardExt will display a large clock and date display, a battery meter, memory status, signal strength, Bluetooth status, missed calls and messaging information.