Two months ago we were wondering what the heck was going on with Palm and the (lack of) support of Windows Vista. Well, it seems we have the answer. Well, kind of. The Oficial Palm Blog is informing that support of Palm Desktop on Windows Vista will be ready this summer.

A few days ago we informed about the inminent launch of Initiate 3, and now we have exclusively accessed to a screen capture that is quite descriptive of what will come in a few weeks. Observing the picture, what new features do you think it has? What was that? Weather forecast? File compression?

Back in July last year palmInsider was the first site to inform about the LifeDrive being discontinued and we were highly critized at that time. Those days, we were not aware that Palm had stopped selling the device first in Europe and today we get the confirmation thanks to a reader (Charles) that this affects now worldwide: "I just got off the phone with Palm and spoke to a sales rep. They were telling me that the LifeDrive is absolutely discontinued. This is a fact! They did not give me a reason why".

If you're running a PalmOS Treo then you'll definitely need Initiate, as the best (fastest) way to access information and contacts. Rob @ Hobbyistsoftware seems to be working hard to launch version 3 of Initiate, and he says "I think you'll be impressed with the new features..." No more details about when will it be ready.

:: UPDATED: There will be a public beta in 2-3 weeks ::

I have always said that Agendus for Windows Mobile (both Pocket PC and Smartphone) was close to perfection, still from the very stages of the beta testing one of my biggest complaints was that it couldn't be set up as default PIM (personal information manager) instead of defaut calendar. I was always promised by Iambic that this would come, and it has! it is never too late: among other remarkable improvements v1.03 allows you to set Agendus as default PIM on your WM device. Check all improvemets here.

PDAColombia has put togother this fantastic videocast in which they compare the start up after a reset of the conventional LifeDrive with the microdrive, with a modded LifeDrive with a 4 gig flash memory. As you can see on the video, the speed improves a lot, and theorically the battery life as well.

I have read at Treocentral forums a rumor that could be true: it seems that Palm's working on a big upgrade of the Treo 750 to be released somewhere on Q4. The upgrade would include for sure Windows Mobile 6, HSDPA, and if you'd like to speculate, 320x320 screen and more memory (and battery life!).

[Via Treocentral]

I have been using the extended battery for the Treo 750v sent by Proporta for some days now and what I can tell is that the performance is impressive so far. At first, I just planned to review it and go back to the standard battery. The reasons for this were that I found the Treo too bulky, but as a matter of fact there are not big differences in the real use.

I haven't made any official testing of the performance, but so far I use the Treo up to three days with a single charge, which for me is three times the performance of the standard size. Read below to see more pics and get more details over at Proporta.

palmInsider was one of the first sites with the confirmation that Palm would offer the Windows Mobil 6 upgrade to Treo 750 users for free. Now  we are happy to announce that HTC users will have the same luck. The models affected are X7500,  TyTN,  S620, P3300 and P4350, the upgrade will be published for free downloading on the HTC site. The confirmation leaked from a FAQ HTC official document.

[Via Todopocketpc]