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CellSpin Soft has released a Palm OS version of its mobile blogging software. The CellSpin application allows users to easily post video, images and text content to one or many of a user’s favorite blogging, social networking, photo sharing and auction sites simultaneously. Sites include MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, Pownce, Blogger, YouTube, Picasa, Flickr, Live Journal, Live Spaces and eBay, with more to come.

CellSpin for Palm OS is a free app. The company lists compatibility with the Centro, Treo 680, 755p and 700p. In addition to Palm OS, CellSpin also supports the Symbian, Windows Mobile 5.0 and 6.0 and Blackberry operating systems.

Palm today has made an unlocked version of the Palm Centro available on its website in the US. The unlocked GSM version is available in Glacier white (white casing with a light grey accented keypad) for $299. Palm is listing a 1-2 day estimated ship date and is currently offering free shipping on all orders over $49.

The Palm Centro is a quad-band GSM/EDGE smartphone running Palm OS Garnet v5.4.9. It has a 320×320 pixel touchscreen display, Bluetooth v1.2, a 1.3 megapixel digital camera with video capture and 64MB of memory. For memory expansion it has a microSD slot.

After a good amount of time in beta testing, Deluxeware has released v1.0 of its new Weather application for Palm OS devices. Weather is a personal weather station that can show you current conditions and 14-day forecasts for nearly anywhere on the globe. A rich set of graphics, custom backgrounds, auto updates and a added, skinnable “weather-guard” lock screen addition make give this app a few unique touches. The program also support high-res+ on large screen handhelds.

Weather v1.00 is available now. It is compatible with Palm OS 5 and above. The program is sold on a subscription basis. The infinite subscription is available for $19.95 (currently on sale for $17.95 for a limited time). A one-year subscription is available for $14.95, and a 3 month for $4.95.

The normally slow summer season has really been showing some surprising signs of life on the Palm OS front, as updates to a number of classic Palm OS apps have recently been released. Now an entirely new version of the premiere Palm OS call recording and voice memo app, CallRec, has been released by developer QMobilSoft.

Calling this latest build of CallRec an entirely “new” version worthy of the 6.0 moniker might be a bit of a stretch. Version 6.0, dated June 1 2008, appears to be the recipient of only two primary new features. Both of these are security-related, as file encryption and password-protection of recorded files from within the app now make their appearance. Despite a lack of whiz-bang new additions, version 6.0 of CallRec looks to continue the strong showing of the already excellent 5.x version.

Despite recently releasing a version of Pocket Tunes for Windows Mobile-powered devices, NormSoft has not forgotten their loyal Palm OS user base. A new version of the Pocket Tunes audio player app has been released by Normsoft for all Palm OS Garnet devices.

Pocket Tunes Deluxe sells for $37.95 and a free trial is available. A basic version is also available for $19.95, which omits the support for online music stores. You can read my earlier review of Pocket Tunes 4 here.

The longstanding champion of Palm OS digital audio players, Pocket Tunes, has now been ported over to Windows Mobile. NormSoft has just released a version of Pocket Tunes for Windows Mobile 5 & 6 Pocket PC and smartphone devices. The software includes all the features from the Palm OS version including a Pocket Tunes Sync application for iTunes for Windows PCs, a built in streaming radio catalogue, support for Napster, Rhaspsody services and the usual MP3, WMA, AAC, and aacPlus file support.

Pocket Tunes for Windows Mobile debuts at version 4.1. It is available now with a 15-day free trial period. It costs $37.95.

One of the biggest compromises entailed by the Centro’s relatively small size relative to its Treo brethren is the reduced battery life. With only a small 1150mAh stock battery, the Centro offers the smallest stock battery of any Palm smartphone yet, less than the 1200mAh of the older Treo 680 and 750. Palm did briefly announce, release, and then almost immediately EOL their own branded extended battery earlier this year.

Fortunately, longtime Palm accessory specialist Seidio, suspiciously silent on the Centro battery front, has just announced an extended battery designed exclusively for the Palm Centro. While this new offering from Seidio unfortunately doesn’t fit under the stock battery door, it does offer a whopping 2600mAh of power (an increase of almost 40%) while remaining the same approximately physical size as Palm’s 1800 mAh battery. For comparison purposes, 2600mAh is the capacity of the largest Seidio battery that fits the stock battery cover of the Treo 650 and 700p/w/wx.

Continuing their strong showing of frequent updates of late, CoreCodec continues to improve their popular multi-platform CorePlayer media player. Now up to version 1.2.5, this latest build is, in the words of CoreCodec’s BetaBoy, primarily a “bug fix and stability release for all platforms” that is centered around adding support for WM 6.1 ROM updates on some Windows Mobile devices.

Additionally, CoreCodec are also promising that the 1.2.x line is drawing to a close and the 1.3.x version of the app is waiting in the wings, as CoreCodec tries to grow the app from being a mere media palyer to a “content aggregator” platform.

I’m one of the proud few who choose to not carry my Treo 755p “naked” but rather contained within a thin pouch-style case in my pocket. Unfortunately, while pouch-style cases for Treos are plentiful, the vast majority of them have obese dimensions, with bulges and extra bulk added from various types of rear belt clips, mounting studs, and belt loops. I’ve long been searching for a fully-enclosed, pouch case that is as thin as possible while still retaining a top closure.

After conversing with fellow Treo users online, I determined that I was going to have to custom order a case tailored to fit my exact requirements. It came down to a close shootout between two similar pouch cases from New Zealand’s Nutshell and Miami-based Fortte. In the end, I went with Fortte’s Treo 680/750/755p pouch case, being impressed with their website and finding several reviews online giving the firm’s products enthusiastic reviews. I deliberated for a day or two and then placed my order, undeterred by Fortte’s advice that the construction and shipping of my case would take a good 3-4 weeks. I decided that good things come to those who wait, so I continued living with my trusty old Case-Mate case on my 755p while waiting for the new arrival to appear in my mailbox. Read on to see if my dreams for the perfect pocket pouch case have been met by Fortte’s offering.

Jud Bowman, a co-founder of Motricity, announced today that he has acquired the smartphone applications business from Motricity, which includes PocketGear and the former PalmGear and Smartphone.net websites. Bowman along with venture capital firms Noro-Moseley Partners and Wakefield Group are financing the deal and the creation of a new venture around the businesses called PocketGear.

PocketGear claims a network of more than 30,000 developers and 50,000 mobile applications. PocketGear powers smartphone application distribution for direct channels including PocketGear.com and storefronts for its partners including Palm, Sony Ericsson, Sprint, T-Online, and AOL.