Blue Nomad has announced that Bachmann Software & Services has added print capabilities for Blue Nomad's Wordsmith word processor for Palm OS in Bachmann's PrintBoy Documents for Palm OS package.

Canada's McDonalds (1,100+ food service retailers) are reportedly in the process of conducting a pilot project to offer wireless point-of-sale (POS) infrastructures to their stories using MIST Freedom II Wireless terminals.

Synchrologic has announced some improvements to their iMobile Suite enterprise mobile infrastructure solution: double-byte character set support; localization with international users; user profiling; real-time scanning of mobile users; and options to conduct real-time changes to mobile users' configurations. Pricing for handheld users is in the US$259 per user range assuming a 100-user license.

ReadySyncGo! (based on Synchrologic's iMobile technology) provides Internet accessible data synchronization for consumers and businesses across multiple mobile devices, and will also provide travel and mapping services.

Intel has announced plans to use Espial Escape software for Intel's new Web Tablet which will include: Java-browser and Espresso GUI components (enables developers to build customized applications). The Web Tablet will also support Intel's AnyPoint HomeRF Wireless Networking Technology.

Columbitech has announced "WAP Connector Suite" that provides end-to-end security to service providers and also offers SMS (Short Message Service) capabilities. Key components include: relay server, configuration service, authenticator service, WAP connector, WAP mail, and secure proxy.

-Steve Holden (sholden@pencomputing.com)