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Michael Mace has published a new editorial on his Mobile Opportunity blog. The fascinating piece is less editorial and more of an up-to-the-minute analysis of the ailing mobile software industry from the perspective of a seasoned mobile tech executive. Long-time Palm watchers will recognize Mr. Mace as the former CCO and VP of Product Planning at Palm, Inc. as well as VP of Strategic Marketing at PalmSource and director of Mac Platform Marketing at Apple.

While I highly recommend anyone with even a passing interest to not only the Palm-conomy but the wireless industry in general read the full piece, Mr. Mace’s summary analysis is that he feels the influence of the carriers is choking what little momentum native mobile apps possessed in the halcyon days of the late 1990s and early 2000s. In short, Mr. Mace advocates any remaining mobile developer to move to web-based services due to the myriad of competing carriers, numerous semi-interoperable standards, and a glut of feuding OSes.

LSL Dominoes version 3.0 has been released. The game brings the classic game of Dominoes to your handheld. LSL Dominoes supports up to four players per game, either real human players or computer-simulated players. You can also customize the experience with player commentaries, board size, colors and background. The game also keeps detailed records and statistics and a detailed help system to teach and explain the game.

LSL Dominoes v3.0 supports Palm OS 4.0 and above. It sells for $5.95.

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Shape Services has released a new version of their Palm OS Skype compatible client. IM+ for Skype is a mobile application for voice and text communication with other Skype users and cost-effective calling to landlines and mobiles. IM+ for Skype Software uses SkypeOut credits for voice communication ensuring cost-effective calls to any number around the globe. The software supports most Sykpe services via the Skype API including instant messaging, voice and text chat with skype users on a PC or mobile device and calls to any number using SkypeOut. Updates include an improved interface, bugfixes, account balance info, cost calculation and support for Skype SMS>=.

IM+ for Skype v1.2 is available now for Palm OS. it includes a free trial period and costs $14.95 USD to register. IM+ has no monthly recurring fees and Shape provides free updates to registered users.

Despite the fact that the Centro CDMA version has hit the ground running as one of the most popular new Palm OS devices in quite some time, the GSM version of Palm’s Centro smartphone only became available last week. Sprint enjoyed a period of exclusivity for the Centro that lasted more than three months, only ending in this month’s announcement of unlocked Centro sales commencing in Europe as well as a version for AT&T wireless in the United States.

Some light can possible be shed on the reasons for the tardy GSM Centro in some recently-released FCC filings. As posted by Engadget Mobile, these filings reveal some rather interesting details. First of all, the Centro’s internal name is the Treo 685, which is exactly what some earlier rumors had suggested and we discussed in a December report. This comes as no surprise whatsoever since the CDMA version is coined the "Treo 690" (presumably the EVDO radio gives the CDMA version the advantage of a higher model number!).

One grievance I often hear is that the Palm OS is so out of shape and antiquated, an OS well past its prime if you will. While I won't dispute that the Palm OS has seriously outlived its prime, with a few additional applications the Palm OS based smartphones can match, and in many cases vastly outperform the competition. Whether your an old time palmhead or just picked up your first Centro there is bound to be some software you can use to liven up your smartphone. In this article I highlight some of the top notch, must have Palm OS titles for your Treo or Centro.

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Capping a busy week of Palm Centro activity is a hint as to what might be some upcoming new colors for the Centro. An official Palm training guide for Palm retail channel partners has revealed no less than four colors of (presumably) unlocked Centros alongside the existing AT&T 'glacial white'. This varied color palette should give GSM customers the world over plenty of opportunities to find a Centro to suit their particular aesthetic style.

The Centros shown on Palm's online resource tutorial appear to be an arctic white with grey buttons (similar to the existing white Treo 680), a bright red similar to the red Treo 680 formerly offered, and dark blue seemingly identical to the Sprint Treo 755p. A matte black Centro is also on display, presumably the “obsidian black” model and the current white with green buttons scheme from AT&T rounds out the lineup. All of the units depicted are GSM units, based on their GSM-exclusive phone app screen. Read on for a larger screenshot of all five colors.

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Astraware has released a new game for Palm OS and Windows Mobile devices. Westward is a old wild west strategy adventure, based on the PC game by Sandlot Games. Westward offers many hours of absorbing game play as you guide your townsfolk in making camp, collecting valuable resources, seeing-off dangerous bandits, and building their communities. The game features 4 different locations over more than 20 levels. There are over 25 types of buildings to customize your town and attract new citizens whilst completing a range of side tasks and chasing down the Mad Russian to bring him to justice.

Westward for Palm OS v1.00 is available now for $19.95. It is currently on sale for $14.95 for a limited time. The game is also available for Windows Mobile Pocket PC and Smartphone edition. A free trial version is provided.

The PalmInfocenter Software Store is running a special one day promotion now through the end of Friday. The store is giving away a free, fully functional copy of CallRec with every software purchase!

CallRec is the premier voice recording application for Palm OS smartphones. The app allows you to automatically record your telephone conversations to a memory card. It has consistently received rave reviews and is among the top-selling Palm applications every month. It normally sells for $19.99 but for one day only, this Friday, February 22 we are giving away a FREE copy with any purchase over $5.00.

To take advantage of the free offer simply purchase any other software title over $5 to qualify. Add CallRec to your cart, and enter the coupon code CALLRECFREE at checkout. CallRec is compatible with the Treo 755p/700p/680/650 and the newly released Palm Centro.

In the hardware world, the first-mover strategy only works if you get it right.

For example, let's consider Palm's Foleo. Introduced last May at the D: All Thing Digital conference, the Foleo was supposed to be a $499 lightweight "mobile companion" with a full-size keyboard. Sure, it looked ...

Beiks has released a new version of its English Dictionary Pro for Palm OS. English Dictionary Pro is described by the company as its most comprehensive English word lexicon, and an excellent choice for professional references, hardcore word game players or students. It has descriptions of over 77,000 words in a database a little larger than 5 megabytes. In addition, the company has updated many of its other language products including the TrueVoice Talking English Dictionary, German / English Dictionary, English / Spanish Dictionary, and a number of others. Major updates include resident lookup with rich text output and links, a new database structure and support for audio pronunciations.

Beiks English Dictionary Pro v6.0 for Palm OS is available now for $14.95. A fully functional free trial is available.

Palm, Inc. is now offering a two-handhelds-for-the-price-of-one deal, in which those who purchase a Palm TX will get a Palm Z22 for free.

Palm's online store is running an interesting new promotion. From now until the end of February, anyone who purchases a new Palm TX gets a free Palm Z22 handheld (a $99 value). The Palm.com store is also offering free ground shipping on all orders as well.

The Palm TX debuted in October 2005. It features a 320x480 screen with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth technology. The Z22 is Palm's entry level PDA with a sleek white design and a color touchscreen screen.

Video: 3 minute Palm Centro (GSM on AT&T) review Posted in February 21st, 2008 by mike in phone, pocketpc The Palm Centro, originally on Sprint's CDMA network and now available in succession AT&T in the states and unlocked in the EU, is reviewed by Michael from Mobile Burn in this brief video. An "bygone" operating system because he puts it so bluntly, is somebody that people need these days, but with not one 3G, quadband GSM […]

Palm Centro Unveiled for AT&T Palm Centro More Photos - View Specs AT&T today launched the Palm Centro, designed for users to manage their busy lives. The Centro offers consumers more choices to stay in touch by using voice, text messaging, instant messaging, email or the Web. Featuring a color touch-screen and full QWERTY keyboard, the Centro is the first Palm OS product to launch with AT&T services, such as XM Radio Mobile, Push-to-Talk and MusicID. The

Shape Services has released an update to their Palm OS multi-service instant messaging application. IM+ All-in-One Mobile Messenger combines six IM service providers in one application. It supports AOL IM, Yahoo, Google Talk, MSN Live/Messenger, ICQ and Jabber based systems. Key features include SSL support, full presence status support, groups, detailed contact info, configurable sound and vibration notifications, 5-way support and background operation for use while in other apps.

IM+ All-in-One Mobile Messenger v3.2 comes with a fully functional seven day trial. It costs $29.95 USD if you decide to keep it. It is compatible with most devices running Palm OS 5 and above.

Megasoft2000 has released a new Socoban update. Socoban is a popular and addictive game commonly available online.The objective of this game is to put every object into the marked place. You can not pull the object, you can only push one of them every time. New in this update is 5-way navigator support, correction of a bug that prevented exiting the app via the home button, other bug fixes and support for some of the latest devices.

Socoban v3.2 is available now for Palm OS for $12.95. The first 10 levels are available in the unregistered trial version. Purchasing the game will give you access to all 500 levels. The game is compatible with Palm OS 3.3 and higher devices with both standard and 320x320 resolution color displays.

Astraware has just released an update to Tradewinds 2, the sequel to the popular mobile title Tradewinds. Fans of the classic Sid Meier’s Pirates! might want to check out this pirate-themed adventure game that combines high-seas combat with strategic resource management. This new 1.10 update, the title’s first since its 1.00 release in July 2007, mentions having enhanced one-handed navigation along with several bug fixes and stability improvements.

Tradewinds 2 is available now for $19.95 Palm OS 5 320x320 devices. A version for Windows Mobile Pocket PC and Smartphone devices is also available. Tradewinds 2 is published by Astraware under license from Sandlot Games.

He was able to tap on the keyboard with no problem, but his hands aren’t overly large. I might be tempted to buy one today if it ran WM Standard (smartphone) or Pro (Pocket PC) at that $99 price point…but that’s just me.

RecorderX is new in the software store today. The program is a sound recording application designed for the Treo. It can record phone conversations and can also be used as a stand alone voice memo app. Similar to CallRec, the program can automatically capture both ends of your phone conversations and can compress and archive them to a memory card. It uses the standard wav format with ADPCM compression and has multiple recording quality settings. You can also send recordings to other devices over email and IR.

RecorderX v2.2B2 for Palm OS is available now for $16.95. It comes with a free trial period. It requires 300k of free space and is optimized for all Palm OS 5 Treo's including the Centro.

Toysoft has released PictureLink for Palm OS. PictureLink is a new system utility to create application and contact short cut links with a customizable picture on the Launcher screen. You can create custom app icons for contacts, email addresses, sms, web links, Pocket Tunes playlists and Google Maps locations. Once you have a custom link created you can use it in any launcher screen or even assign it to a hardware button.

PictureLink v1.1 for Palm OS is available now for $9.95. A trial version is included.

AT&T has just launched the Palm Centro, and Antoine Wright brings us his first thoughts of this consumer-oriented, Palm OS smartphone.

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As expected, today AT&T announced the addition of the Palm Centro to its lineup of smartphones. Unlike the Sprint's red and black models, AT&T's version comes in white and features lime green buttons. And while it ...

I think 2007 will be the year where mobile technology vendors proved that inexpensive doesn't necessarily mean cheap and unusable. It happened with the Asus Eee PC and then again with Palm's Centro for Sprint. The trend continues in 2008 now that a Palm Centro has arrived on AT&T's GSM network. This $99 Palm OS smartphone has definitely impressed me over the past few days of hands-on use, but I'm just getting started. Remember, in my years of using mobile tech, I've never purchased a Palm

AT&T has just become the second telecom in the United States to offer the Palm Centro, a smartphone with a focus on consumers.

Palm has made the Centro smartphone available on the AT&T network today. The AT&T Centro debuts in Glacier white with a green accented thumboard. It is available online now at Palm.com and at AT&T retail stores for $99 with a 2-year service agreement and mail-in rebate. An "Obsidian" black version will be available in a month.

The AT&T Centro is a quad-band GSM/EDGE smartphone running Palm OS Garnet v5.4.9. It has a 320x320 pixel touchscreen display, Bluetooth v1.2, a 1.3 megapixel digital camera with video capture and 64MB of memory. For memory expansion it has a microSD slot.

Read on for more details and a photo gallery of the AT&T Palm Centro.

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Fictionwise, the new owners of eReader.com, have made the eReader Pro versions of its ebook software available for free. The enhanced Palm OS and Windows Mobile Pro application formerly sold for $14.95, then shortly following the purchase Fictionwise lowered the price to $4.95. According to the company the price cut is permanent. The price of the add-on font packs remains unchanged at $14.95 each.

Versions of eReader Pro are available for a number of platforms including Palm OS and Windows Mobile.

The GSM version of the company's latest Palm OS-powered PDA-phone is finally out in Europe. We got a quick hands-on in Barcelona during the MWC.

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Palm, Inc. is now taking pre-orders for the Centro, it's latest consumer-oriented Palm OS smartphone, in Europe.

DeluxeWare have released a new Weather application for Palm OS devices. While the Palm OS certainly has no shortage of weather apps, DeluxeWare has added some unique features and has released this first beta version as freeware. In addition to the usual weather and forecasting data, Weather supports a broad range of Palm OS devices and offers high-res+ support. It also has a "Weather Guard" feature that can add the current conditions to your Treo's keyguard display.

Weather v0.12 is a beta release and support Palm OS 5 and higher devices. It is freeware and requires an Internet connection.

Palm.com has the Palm GPS Navigator package featuring Garmin Mobile XT on sale this week. The Garmin Mobile XT kit normally retails for $249, Palm is now offering it for $179 after a $50 instant & $20 mail in rebate. The package includes a SiRFstarIII powered Bluetooth GPS reciever, Garmin Mobile XT software, a 2gb memory card preloaded with maps of the US and Canada and a vehicle power adapter and vehicle device cradle. Garmin's software provides the latest Navteq maps featuring 6 million points of interest with voice-prompted, turn-by-turn directions.

The Palm GPS Navigator Kit is compatible with the Palm Centro, Treo 755p, Treo 750, 700p, 700wx, 700w and Treo 680.

Palm's European online stores are now accepting pre-orders for the unlocked GSM Palm Centro. It is being sold for £199 un the UK and €299 (including VAT) in other countries. If anyone puts an order in let us know in the comments if you get an estimated shipping date.

The Palm Centro runs Palm OS Garnet v5.4.9. It has a 320x320 pixel touchscreen display, Bluetooth v1.2, a 1.3 megapixel digital camera with video capture and 64MB of memory. For memory expansion it has a microSD slot. It has dimensions of 4.22" (L) x 2.11" (W) x 0.73" (D) (107 x 54 x 18.5 mm) and weighs in at 4.2 oz (119g).

The GSM version of the Centro does include the new phone interface and home screen, which debuted on the Treo 680.

HeroCraft has released a new game for Palm OS and Windows Mobile. Revival is a turn-based military strategy game in the tradition of Civilization. Players are given the task to explore continents, direct battles on land and sea, build towns, develop science and uphold the economy of your own empire. The game features realistic strategic game play, – turn-based tactics, resource quarrying, founding towns, upgrading buildings and land and sea battles over a large and diverse terrain. HeroCraft says the game packs in over 40 hours of gameplay in the scenario mission alone and features 7 planets with 27 continents to explore.

Revival v1.0 is available now for Palm OS and Windows Mobile devices. It includes a free trial period and costs $24.95 to register.

IDC's fourth quarter 2007 Handheld PDA report continues to show deep declines, yet IDC says the negative trend may be slowing. According to IDC's Worldwide Handheld QView, vendors shipped a total of 683,004 units in the fourth quarter, marking a 53.2% decrease from the same quarter a year ago and a 6.0% decrease from the previous quarter. For the full year, vendors shipped a total of 3.0 million units worldwide, down 44.3% from the 5.5 million units shipped during all of 2006.

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There's a lot of Windows Mobile and Symbian news at GSMA Mobile World Congress, but things have been pretty quiet in Palm-land. Still, the company is here at the show, and there was a wee bit news. First, a GSM version of the ...

RNS Software has released a new version of Rapid Movie for Palm OS. Rapid Movie allows you to capture movie clips in a number of different cinematography techniques including: Time-lapse, stop motion and Sequential shooting modes for artistic effect. The movie clips are captures in QuickTime movie format (*.mov) and can be viewed on a desktop or on device with CorePlayer. This latest version includes a number of improvements and support for the Palm Centro and Zire 72.

Rapid Movie v2.0 for Palm OS is available for $14.95. A free trial period is included.

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A recent report from ChangeWave Research into cellphone customer satisfaction has ranked Palm dead last. In a January 2008 survey of 4,182 customers, only 30% of respondents using a Palm phone reported being "very satisfied" with their device. By contrast, first-place winner Apple's cultists customers came back with a stratospheric 72% and RIM a respectable 55%.

This trend has been apparent since two surveys previous, beginning with the ChangeWave report from July '07 that ranked Palm second-last. Most troubling for Palm, however, is that the popularity of the new Centro - available for two-and-a-half months prior to the survey - does not seem to be reflected in the satisfaction ranking.

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Alex Pruss software has released FontSmoother v2.2 for Palm OS devices. FontSmoother enables you to display smooth (antialiased) custom fonts on your Treo, Centro or PDA. It works across nearly all applications on Palm OS 5 devices with 320x320 or larger screens. FontSmoother includes a number of free smooth fonts and comes with a utility that enables you to convert Windows TrueType fonts. Updates in this latest version include better highlighting support on Treo devices and the ability to store fonts on a memory card.

FontSmoother sells for $12.95 USD. There is a free, fully functional 8 day trial, after which all smooth fonts default to their non-smooth versions until registration is completed (except in a few select bible applications).

Palm's European division have recently posted a new unlocked Treo 680 updater. This version appears to be functionally identical to the one released by Palm a few weeks ago, yet it reports a different software version number (Treo680-2-12-ROW).

The main improvements in this comprehensive ROM update include: Microsoft Exchange Direct Push Technology, power saving enhancements, support for larger SD & SDHC cards, enhanced ringtone support and incorporates previous updates and security patches.

Antoine Wright says that the OtterBox 1921 rugged hard case for the Treo 680/750/755p handles the job of protecting the smartphone while still allowing it to be surprisingly functional.

Stuff reviews the Palm Treo 500v and writes, “Overall I found this a very good device.

NorthGlide has updated their popular Uninstall Manager and NeatFreak Pack for Palm OS. Uninstall Manager helps you recover valuable memory space while keeping your device clean and trouble-free. It will completely remove applications including stray files and preferences that simply deleting them will leave behind. A definite must have for anyone that tries a lot of software on a Palm device. Updates include a new timeline and card view for improved management, as well as some GUI changes and fixes.

Uninstall Manager v3.20 for Palm OS is available for for $17.95. It comes with a free trial period. The NeatFreak Pack, which includes Uninstall Manager, begins at $19.95.

Hello Europe ! next few month Euro 2008 will begin and you need a right device to record important moment at Euro 2008 ? yeah you can start looking for a Palm Centro now ! it released today and it also should be pretty cheap. The entry-level smart phone will be powered by Palm OS and will be available in red. Other specs haven’t been revealed, so Europeans will just have to check it out. You can also check our old posts about palm centro, here and here.