Adobe Systems Incorporated announced the public beta availability of Acrobat Reader for Palm OS, version 2.0, a software application that allows mobile professionals and others the flexibility to view Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files on Palm Powered handheld computers.

AvantGo, Inc. announced that it is teaming with E.piphany, Inc. to provide the capabilities of E.piphany E.6 to Palm OS handheld devices. The AvantGo solution extends E.piphany’s existing mobile capabilities to deliver customers an even more advanced high-end wireless experience with improved application access and speed on handheld devices.

Palm, Inc. and Sony Ericsson announced a marketing alliance agreement to develop strategic Bluetooth programs for carriers and their customers. Palm and Sony Ericsson will collaborate to make Bluetooth communication solutions readily accessible and easy-to-use for mobile professionals across the country. Bluetooth is a short-range, wireless networking technology. It is optimal technology for handheld devices because of its low power consumption and its flexibility to allow devices to talk spontaneously.

Professionals on-the-go may experience the power of wireless Bluetooth technology to communicate, collaborate, and connect simply by using a small SD Card with their Palm handheld computers. Once the software is loaded and the card (slightly larger than a postage stamp) is inserted, an application walks users though a process to find and connect with Bluetooth-enabled mobile phones, printers, laptops, and other Palm handhelds within 10 meters, or about 30 feet, or connect to Bluetooth LAN access points within 100 meters, or about 300 feet. Palm, Inc. announced the U.S. availability of the Palm Bluetooth Card, which slides into the Palm Expansion Card Slot featured in the latest Palm handhelds. The Palm Bluetooth Card can now be purchased in the United States online at The Palm Store and at retailers worldwide for an estimated U.S. street price of $129.

Air2Web announced that its Mobile Internet Platform now supports the Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless (BREW) applications platform. Air2Web will be demonstrating wireless email developed on the BREW platform (Airmail) and support for several other applications on this platform at CTIA in Orlando, March 18-20, 2002.

Thales Navigation is working with Palm, Inc. and Palmtop Software to introduce a GPS solution for Palm handheld users that provides 12 hours of continuous use. The Magellan GPS Companion for the Palm m500 series is designed to provide accuracy to within three meters in Europe through WAAS and EGNOS compatibility.

Cutting Edge Software, Inc. announced the release of the latest version of its award-winning Quickoffice productivity suite for Palm OS handheld computers. The new version includes an upgrade in the Quickword word processor, including built-in custom font support and an integrated spell-checking engine and thesaurus. Other improvements to the new version focuses on improving the application suite

STNE Corporation announced a 16MB memory upgrade for the Palm i705. Now you can have 16MB of internal memory in the Palm i705 saving the SD card slot for other expansion products. This 16MB of memory is accessed just like your original 8MB.

At CeBIT, Electric Pocket announced the release of Mailer, a POP3 email application for Palm OS handhelds. Mailer offers a multi-account email engine to enable users to have greater control over which email messages are received. It also provides an option to reply to an email with a phone call rather than another email.

Extended Systems launched its XTNDConnect Server Professional Edition, providing corporate IT managers with a platform-independent synchronization and management solution for the enterprise and enabling the integration of a wide variety of mobile devices that synchronize with groupware and database servers.