iambic, Inc. released a series of new and upgraded software products to support the Palm OS family. All products, including the newly created Action Names School contact-management and scheduling software, along with upgraded versions of the company

ZapMed announced the new ZapBill version 3.2 with New Patient Indexes for faster patient selection. In version 3.2 they added full time indexes instead of sorting the files so you won’t have any delay in selecting patients from the patient list or rounds list. This is a free upgrade.

Palm, Inc. and PHT Corporation, an eClinical Trials and mobile clinical data capture company, announced that PHT Corporation has purchased 3,000 Palm m500 handheld computers. Additionally, PHT Corporation has agreed to purchase approximately 13,000 more Palm m500 handhelds over the course of this calendar year. PHT Corporation serves the biopharmaceutical industry and provides eClinical Trial technology that is used by some of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world.

Worldwide, patients and investigators, such as doctors or nurses, will use the Palm handhelds to record data collected in clinical trials. The handhelds are configured by PHT to collect information for the trial in a way that makes data collection easy and convenient for patients and doctors. The configured handhelds are referred to as Esendant LogPads by PHT during the trials. Patients answer questions and enter requested information and symptoms as they occur. After completing their report, patients or doctors attach a modem and send the collected data back to PHT’s StudyServer, where authorized personnel can view and analyze the information securely over the Web via Esendant StudyWorks, PHT’s Web-based electronic data capture and management product.

Rococo Software announced the release of Impronto Simulator, a Bluetooth application development tool that runs Java applications in a simulated Bluetooth environment. Developers using Impronto Simulator can test and configure applications without investing in costly hardware before deploying them on Bluetooth devices.

Extended Systems, Inc. and DataViz, Inc. announced a licensing agreement in which Extended Systems has integrated DataViz’s document conversion technology. This integration allows delivery of email attachments to Palm OS handhelds through Extended Systems’ recently announced XTNDConnect Server Professional Edition (PE) version 3.0. With the inclusion of this technology, Palm OS handheld users are able to access Microsoft Word, Excel, and other files sent to them as email attachments.

MedsPDA.com will soon complete its medical PDA downloadable software catalogue making it the largest resource for medical handheld users on the Web. MedsPDA has just launched its affiliate program which links professional healthcare sites to MedsPDA’s software catalogue and represents a revenue sharing opportunity for both Web sites.

AvantGo, Inc. and Spacient Technologies, Inc. announced a strategic alliance to deliver mobile and wireless field force automation and location-based solutions to the utilities and telecommunications industries. By combining AvantGo M-Business Server with Spacient’s Fieldport mobile operations management software and services, AvantGo and Spacient are providing a mobile and real-time wireless solution that provides the utilities and telecommunications industries with an integrated Web and wireless application for managing mobile field service operations and resource productivity.

Palm, Inc. reported revenues of $292.7 million for the third quarter of fiscal 2002, ended March 1, up 1 percent from the $290.6 million reported in the preceding fiscal quarter and down 38 percent from the $470.8 million reported for the comparable period last year.

Palm Infocenter has a review of the Fold-5000 Foldable Keyboard. It’s a rubbery ergonomic keyboard for the Palm III, Palm V, and Palm m100 series. It can be rolled up for added portability, and it’s waterproof.

Palm Infocenter reports VKB Ltd. has developed a method for projecting an optical image of a keyboard onto a surface then detecting whether someone is typing. The virtual keyboard can also include a touchpad or a virtual mouse.