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Apple to Take a Bite at Palm - The Rumours Resurface

From Personal Computer World:

Speculation that Apple plans to buy handheld maker Palm has been revived by a
call from two leading Palm investors for the company to be put up for sale,
according to the local paper of both companies.

Mike Nelson, who owns eight per cent of Palm shares, argued that the company is poorly equipped to dominate the market for smartphones which are beginning to eat into sales of traditional PDAs, reports Siliconvalley.com , online edition of the San Jose Mercury.
...
Another shareholder, with five per cent of Palm shares, also urged a sale of the company late last year.

Not long ago there were rumours that Apple and Palm would become one, but those eventually died down. Once again, however, those rumours are milling about - albeit not in thte spotlight.

Could it actually be that we will eventually see the successor of the Apple Newton?

ZLT Midnight Palm for Zlauncher v1.0

ZLT Midnight Palm for Zlauncher v1.0 is new on Freewarepalm today. "ZLT Midnight Palm is a new "Palm" inspired Sci-fi theme for ZLancher 5.x. Backimage and skins for Sony and OS5 Hi Density devices included."

Palm to Offer Microsoft Direct Push Technology for Treo 700w

Palm, Inc. today announced a software update for the Palm Treo 700w smartphone from Verizon Wireless that will enable the Windows Mobile Messaging and Security Feature Pack (MSFP), which includes Direct Push Technology. The free update, which is expected to be available later this month, gives Treo 700w smartphone users fast, automatic wireless updates of their email, calendar items, contacts and tasks, allowing IT managers to deliver this information directly from Exchange Server 2003 SP2 without incurring additional third-party infrastructure costs.

Direct Push email increases the number of choices for enterprise customers looking to deploy secure, push mobile email solutions on the Palm Treo platform. This cost-effective solution allows businesses to increase productivity by satisfying the real-time information needs of mobile professionals, without having to spend additional IT budget on new email servers or licensing fees.

"The Treo 700w with the new Security Feature Pack and the Verizon Wireless high-speed wireless broadband network will give our business customers the enhanced mobile office experience they need to be competitive," said Rich Meigh, Verizon Wireless vice president -- device marketing. "The up-to-the-minute updates provided by this new Messaging and Security Feature Pack translate into increased employee productivity, improved customer responsiveness and faster return on investment for our business customers."

Introduced to customers in early January, the Treo 700w smartphone is the newest member of the Palm Treo family and builds on the award-winning design of the Treo 600 and Treo 650 smartphones. It is the first Treo smartphone to take advantage of Verizon Wireless' high-speed wireless broadband service on its EvDO (Evolution Data Optimized) network and Windows Mobile 5.0. The new smartphone delivers a unique suite of software enhancements on top of Windows Mobile, bringing the hallmark Palm ease of use to Windows Mobile for the first time.

"Direct Push Technology helps Palm Treo 700w customers stay on top of their jobs by quickly receiving and sending email and all other Microsoft Outlook information while they are on-the-go," said Suzan DelBene, corporate vice president of marketing, Mobile and Embedded Devices Division at Microsoft Corp. "The strong integration between Palm and Microsoft is an example of our commitment to build solid partnerships, creating a thriving mobile-industry ecosystem and raising the mobile experience to great heights."

"Enterprise CIOs have told us that the addition of MSFP to the Treo 700w is key to their wider deployment of the 700w across their companies and deep into their lines of business," said John Hartnett, senior vice president of worldwide sales and customer relations at Palm. "We believe this high-ROI, easy-to-deploy push email and messaging solution will delight CIOs and end users alike. Our collective enterprise sales teams have hundreds of companies lined up and ready to initiate trials, which we expect will soon be under way with the availability of MSFP."

    Key Features of MSFP

  --  Direct Push Email Technology that enables the Treo 700w to
      automatically receive email, calendar, contacts and tasks
      wirelessly as soon as it arrives on Exchange Server 2003 SP2;

  --  Over-the-air lookup of a company's Exchange Global Address
      List (GAL), providing employees with quick access to
      colleagues' email and contact information; and

  --  Added security features for IT administrators, such as
      over-the-air device password policy enforcement and remote
      wipe of the device in case it is lost or stolen

  Availability

The update for the Treo 700w will be available later this month on http://dts.vzw.com and http://www.palm.com as a free download and included in subsequent Treo 700w smartphones and future Treo smartphones based on Windows Mobile.

The Palm Treo 700w smartphone from Verizon Wireless is available for $399.99 after $100 instant rebate with a new two-year service agreement when accompanied by a voice plan of $39.99 or higher and an unlimited PDA/smartphone data feature. The Treo 700w is available at the 1,900 Verizon Wireless Communications Stores, Verizon Wireless Communications Stores at Circuit City, or on the web at www.verizonwireless.com and www.palm.com. Enterprise customers are encouraged to contact their Verizon Wireless Business Specialist at 800-VZW-4BIZ or www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/businesssolutions.com.

Vexed 2.1 (Updated) - Freeware Puzzle Game

From PalmGear:

"The classic Palm puzzle game is back, with many new features and thousands of new levels!"

If you haven't played Vexed before, then your in for a treat. This is another of my favourite freeware games for your Palm, and it was just made even better with an update.

Download Vexed at PalmGear.com.

Access Linux Platform Shown at LinuxWorld

From PalmInfocenter.com:

"PalmSource is exhibiting at the LinuxWorld conference going on this week in Boston. PalmInfocenter is live on the scene to bring you this exclusive new preview of the Access Linux Platform.

Read on for more about the Access Linux Platform and check out some new screenshots of the current ALP prototype being shown at LinuxWorld."

Read more at PalmInfocenter.com.

The Prison - Updated to Version 1.9.1

One of my personal favourite freeware games was just updated, so this is a good time to mention The Prison.

The Prison is a break-out style arcade game for your Pam OS device. With 60 levels included in the game, and support for user-created levels (usng the included Windows-only level editor), this is a great freeware game for your Palm.

Check it out at freewarepalm.com.