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Anatoliy Shuba Software announces the release of version 2.5 of CheckWWW, one tiny tool encompassing all utilities for diagnosing network and hosts right from your Palm. It even allows locating a geographical position of IPs and hosts and has a self-updating feature.

Now you can take advantage of CheckWWW to have a complete set of host diagnosing tools always at hand. With CheckWWW, your Palm can detect the host’s activity, identify the route to it and its IP, get the owner’s contacts, see info on the host’s users and acquire all other available information. CheckWWW is the first Palm OS software enabling you to know a geographical position of the host. It becomes possible with IP2Location feature. The program also includes such tools as: PING, TRACEROUTE, LOOKUP, TIME SYNC and WHOIS.

WHOIS will provide you with detailed information on domain. All owner’s contact info as well as host’s DNS servers will be revealed using your Palm. In case the query receives a link to another WHOIS server the tool will automatically send the query to it. The tool uses resources of many WHOIS servers, so that you won’t have problems with regional domains. Also the list of WHOIS servers is available in a separate file and regularly updated. As for the other tools of CheckWWW, they are also very reliable and work like clock-work.

CheckWWW stands out for pretty simple update functions. Unlike a great number of Palm OS applications, you can update the program right away. To get a newer version, you just need to click on a “Download new version” tab in the program’s menu. Using this hassle-free self-updating feature, you will always have the most refined version of the program and have up-to-date WHOIS servers list. The tiny size of the software also facilitates updating. The download won’t take much time and the program itself will take about 64 Kb of Palm space.

With CheckWWW your Palm can tell you everything about any host or IP in the Web, including its geographical position. Visit http://www.shuba.kiev.ua to get a free trial.

Pricing and Availability
CheckWWW runs under Palm OS 3.5 or higher and costs $14.90 (USD) for a single-user license. Licensed customers are entitled to the fully-functional version of the product, free technical support and free upgrades. Further information on CheckWWW, as well as a free trial copy is available free of charge from www.shuba.kiev.ua.

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Okay, now we know what you’re thinking. Sure, we (lovingly) raked Palm over the coals in our open letter to the company, and yeah, we haven’t been the sweetest of hearts to the boys from Sunnyvale (with reason, of course). However, If you’ve paid attention to our past good-intentioned prodding, then you’ll know that getting our hands on a new Palm device still gives some of us chills.

After seeing scores of “leaked” photos of the Centro, and hearing enough internet chatter about the device to make your brain vibrate like tightly-wound piano string, actually getting our hands on the phone was honestly a bit of a surprise, both bad and good. We’re going to break it down piece by piece and hopefully give you a rounded impression of the smartphone crown-chaser (or at least princess-in-waiting).

The design

First off, let’s get a few basics out of the way. Yes, the phone is considerably smaller than past Treo devices. Having used a 650, 680, and 750, we can honestly say there is a massive difference between holding this phone in your hands and holding any other Palm device. Is this a good thing? For the most part, yes, though there are drawbacks to its diminutive size, which we’ll get to in a moment. But for now, let’s talk aesthetics.

The Centro has a rounded, symmetrical design that works without being especially fussy or impressive. We would have liked to see Palm put the real estate to better use with a larger screen and less plastic, but this is certainly a step in the right direction for the company… though a few more steps would have gone a long way.

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This Palm OS device will indeed go on sale Sunday, but the only version that will be available will have a black casing. The one in red won’t go on the market until November.

The Centro will cost $100, a price below what any previous smartphone from Palm has sold for at its launch. However, in order to get that price, users will have to sign up for a two-year service agreement and qualify for a $100 mail-in rebate. To be eligible for the rebate, customers must sign up for a data plan that is $25 or more per month.

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So, will things change? Brighthand gets new fresh info on PalmOS II devices, which, accordingly to Ed Colligan, will arrive next year.

Palm Inc.’s CEO said today that his company expects to release before the end of 2008 devices running the Linux-based operating system it currently has in development.

Ed Colligan said, “Our Palm systems team… is now totally focused on delivering our next generation platform, which we expect to be available before the end of the next calendar year,”

This statement came during a conference call after Palm announced the results of its most recent financial quarter. It confirms an earlier report, which said the introduction of this operating system is 12 to 18 months away.

The company said this spring that it expected to have devices running this software on the market in 2007.

More About Palm’s Next Operating System

In May of this year, Palm announced that it is developing its own operating system that will be based on Linux, but also include important parts of the Garnet OS (formerly Palm OS Garnet).

At that time, the company laid out its future plans in broad strokes, but gave few details. It even refused to give the name for this upcoming operating system, although the smart money says that it will be called the Palm OS, as Palm, Inc. now owns all the rights to the “Palm” brand. It is therefore generally referred to as Palm OS II.

Since that time, the company has consistently refused to reveal additional details. The same was true today.

Colligan says the upcoming operating system will be as easy to use as the current one, and Palm has promised in the past it will be able to run legacy Palm OS software.

“Our customers are our most important asset, and we want to be sure their transition to our next generation system — which will extend Palm’s rich heritage of innovation — will be seamless,” Colligan said today.

Via Brighthand

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Well, Palm has not yet released this new smartphone, and it will be consumer-oriented.

Here’s a little sneak preview

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In a preliminary earnings report released on Wednesday, Palm Inc. warned that it may post a per-share loss for the quarter which ended August 31 when it makes its final statement on October 1.

The company noted that it expects earnings per share according to GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) methods to be between break-even and a $0.01 loss. Palm reported a 15 cent per share profit for the previous quarter, and 25 cents for the June-August quarter one year ago.

Despite a rise in advertising expenses, Palm’s Treo sales declined approximately 8% for the quarter, to an estimated 690,000 from around 750,000 previously. Analysts attributed the drop to competition from the Apple iPhone and Research In Motion’s updated BlackBerry line, as well as sharply rising administrative and R&D costs.

Smartphone sales are estimated to be worth a little over $300 million to Palm for the quarter, out of about $360 million in total revenue.

Palm’s revenue for the March-May quarter was $401 million, and $355 million for the June-August quarter last year.

The average revenue to Palm for a Treo smartphone was $434, compared to approximately $453 for the previous quarter.

Palm announced that it anticipates taking a $10 million dollar charge against earnings due to the cancellation of the Foleo “mobile companion,” but did not state in what quarter they would take the charge. The Foleo was cancelled shortly after the end of the June-August quarter.

Analyst: Changes Good, but Not Enough

Deutsche Bank analyst Jonathan Goldberg, in a note to clients, wrote that “While we are encouraged to see Palm finally enter the realm of thin phones [Referring to the release of the Treo500v], we think the new form factors will do little to change their prospects,” adding that to remain competitive against Apple and RIM, Palm must implement a new operating system and new services.

Goldberg lists Palm at a “sell” rating.

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