PC World is reporting that Sprint PCS is getting ready to start offering AOL Instant Messaging (AIM) services for their Internet-ready mobile phones.

Palm online store offers dozens of new hard products from 3rd party vendors -- GPS add-ons, business card scanner, portable Palm V battery charger, digital camera add-on, and voice memo digital recorder add-on to name a few.

Thinque reports that Brann National Retail Services is working on a new pilot test project to examine that utility of migrating their complete mobile enterprise to Thinque's mobile CRM (customer relationship management) and FFA (field force automation) platforms.

Current users of OmniSky can upgrade to recently announced version 2.0 via this link. Some key new features: 40% faster email message download; improved web information capture features; and more personalization options.

DataViz has announced the Professional Edition of Documents To Go for Palm OS (US$50) that can read and edit Microsoft Word and Excel files created on Windows/Macintosh/Linux via StarOffice. Changes to documents on the Palm can be either synchronized back to a desktop system or be sent via email.

New World Technologies (NWT) has announced availability via their online store of the Palm OS 3-D car racing game called "V-Rally" from Palmtop Software. The current version offers: 40 tracks; 4 types of cars; 3 modes, and smooth animations.

-Steve Holden (sholden@pencomputing.com)