The latest Carnival of Mobilists, #87, is now out. Head on over to mobile diva Darla Mack’s website for a great reading list of recent mobility-related blog posts. Our recent article on comparing mobile search engines is also in the list.

Palm has released a new SMS updater for Asia-Pacific Treo 680 smartphones. What this update delivers is a bit vague : “improves SMS message handling for certain message types.” So far the release is out for Malaysia, Singapore, the Phillippines and Australia.
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SplashBlog was one of the first Palm OS-based applications for uploading text and photos from your Treo to your web server — in effect, a mobile blogging client. SplashBlog was very easy to set up and use, and your blog was hosted on SplashBlog.com Originally developed by SplashData , SplashBlog was sold to Six Apart and eventually became the mobile client for Vox, a new blogging service.
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Palm Gandolf, or the Treo 800, is not what it seems. Palm is apparently planning to release a new range of low-end smartphones under the “Centro” brand. Palm shared a few details at the recent Sprint Tech Summit held in Reston, Virginia.
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