PDAsLostorStolen.com has announced new insurance program plans for wireless PDA modems from Novatel Wireless (Minstrel/Merlin) and Handspring (VisorPhone).

TomTom is now offering Route Planner Millennium USA for EPOC OS devices for direct purchase and download (US$50). The software package includes driver interface support to many popular GPS receivers.

SYWARE has announced a version of their real-time capable TCP/IP wireless database solution called mEnabled that provides Windows CE support for handhelds and backend database support for Enterprise networks via Visual CE and Microsoft SQL Server (or other databases like Oracle, Sybase, Microsoft Access).

AvantGo has announced the following new channels: CBS MarketWatch.com; The Tax Analysts TaxWire; TheStreet.com; and Wall Street Transcript.

Palm and Sanyo Shokai Tokyo's Sanyo Fashion House have announced a new handheld-ready line of spring raincoats featuring a pocket specially designed for Palm handhelds. [EDITOR'S NOTE: This press release was sent out on 02Apr01 -- I initially thought it was a "April Fools" post, but I have verified that it is a true news blurb.]

MobileVillage has announced a new series of on-site customizable training courses for information technology (IT) departments that need mobile system engineering and end-user mobile device training.

-Steve Holden (sholden@pencomputing.com)