The PMN News Service is reporting that Sanyo has plans to announce in the near future a new Symbian EPOC based "communicator" device for the Japanese marketplace that will offer integrated Bluetooth and USB connectivity capabilities.

AirPrime has announced their CDMA savvy SB1000 Wireless Springboard module for HandSpring Visor products.

Cell Safe offers a protective phone cased called "DX2" (US$25) that offers waterproof and buoyancy in a shock-resistant case. Cell Safe also offers similar protective cases for PDAs and GPS devices.

Investhink has announced plans to offer mobile financial online content via AvantGo to a host of handheld platforms.

Knowledge Impact (technology training) and Thinque (software for mobile devices) have announced a new strategic relationship to bring a variety of business application and process training to mobile customer sales and support users.

Panasonic has a new 12.7-ounce external CD-RW -- the KXL-RW10A ($320) -- which comes with a PC Card interface that is ideal for mobile laptops.

-Steve Holden (sholden@pencomputing.com)