SUNNYVALE, Calif., Mar 11, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Palm, Inc. (Nasdaq:PALM) today said it will announce its third-quarter fiscal year 2008 financial results on Thursday, March 20, shortly after 4 p.m. Eastern (1 p.m. Pacific), followed by a conference call for the public at 4:30 p.m. Eastern (1:30 p.m. Pacific).

The conference call will be hosted by Ed Colligan, president and chief executive officer, and Andy Brown, chief financial officer. Investors and other interested parties are encouraged to listen to the call by logging on to the conference call webcast prior to the start of the conference call at Palm's Investor Relations website (http://investor.palm.com). Participants will be able to simultaneously view the slides during the call.

So there was my TyTN II on eBay with 1 day and 1 hour left until the auction closed. It was on £205 and 49 people were watching the auction, which would normally mean a finishing price of around £400. This is a good price for a device that is a few months old, and yet I pulled the auction.

The TyTN II is big, bulky and unfortunately rather boring in almost every way. It is no beauty queen and many simply functions require too many touches to complete, which becomes irritating after a while. In the time that I have owned it, there has not been one major issue. GPS works perfectly every time, as does the GPRS connection for traffic updates. MS Exchange is flawless and I have had little reason to complain at all.

My Palm Centro has performed well in the time I have had it and it is incredibly quick to use, and as a day to day phone and PDA there is nothing I have seen to match it. The specs are poor but who cares if it works? My company car is rubbish on paper, but OK to drive each day and it never lets me down. My main issue with the Centro has turned out to be similar to the ones I had with the Treo-

Battery life could be a lot better, but is definitely better than the Treo. I usually have to top off the battery by 3pm on a busy day.

TomTom is not good on the Centro after all. It does slow at times with MS Exchange enabled and the TomTom Traffic signal drops 5 minutes into every trip. To be fair, Palm say it is not compatible but that has not stopped almost every retailer selling it as an accessory for the Centro. Maybe Garmin XT works perfectly on the Centro, and if you have tried it let us all know.

It does require management- I have had a few soft resets for no apparent reason, and soft resets do throw the time accuracy out. It’s not a big deal but a little quirk I could do without.

On the TyTN, I never have to tweak anything. It all works perfectly and is ultra stable, but oh so boring! Yes, a smartphone is not supposed to be exciting but some sense of enjoying the experience would be nice.

As it stands, the Centro and TyTN II are polar opposites that have genuine plus and minus points. I cannot figure out which is best for me, but suspect a workable GPS solution on the Centro would be enough to just pip the TyTN.

PDA247 is 6 years old!

As is traditional, we are going to celebrate by holding a competition, and this time you can enter whatever content you like!

It's completely up to you what you send in, but there are some specific areas that are worth remembering. We need a new forum banner (400x45 pixels maximum size) which should fit the current design, we are tempted to try new web site banners (1 for each site needed) and besides those you can send in software, hardware or accessory reviews. You can send in articles about the PDA world in general or maybe a few items that are newsworthy.

Whatever you choose to send in please make sure that you title your email "6th Birthday". You can also enter via the forum thread detailed below. Here's the prizes so far-

To enter please send an email with your entry (entitled "6th Birthday") to shaun (at) mailstm.co.uk or post your entry in this forum thread.

The closing date is midnight (UK time) 21st March 2008, so you have some time to think up a good entry.

I have added some free wallpapers in various sizes to the forum for you to download. Go to this thread and take a look.

If you would like to add some yourself, you can send them in to shaun (at) mailstm.co.uk or add them in the forum itself.

Metaviewsoft has released a new keyguard application that works in a similar fashion to the iPhone one. Looks good, but takes longer than just pressing the centre button (which you can also do with this application). A case of looks over function, just like the iPhone keyguard...

An iPhone look-alike keyguard replacement (for all Hires Palm OS devices)

Shows current time and date
Shows battery level
Shows memory state
Shows on Treo devices your own phone number and the current mobile provider

Keyguard window is transparent and can be dismissed by a down slide with your thumb or a press on the center button. Keyguard works also on Tungsten etc. devices. Thanks to Mary for the link.

SafeGuard v2.01 has been released- "Does your Treo/Centro crash randomly? Do you want to know why your Treo/Centro crashes? Do you want to know what application is causing your beloved smartphone to reset?

SafeGurd is the answer! SafeGuard's advanced Crash Detection Technology (CDT) will help identify the reason for crashes on your Treo/Centro like no other applicaiton has ever

done! It also knows how to recover your Treo/Centro from the dreaded Reset Loop of Death that comes from installing misbeahving 3rd party applications."

- Stops the Reset Loop of Death senario
- Identifies crashes that are caused by applications running in the background
- Crash Knowledge Management Engine automatically prioritizes applications that cause crashes
- Isolates troublesome background applications
- Quarantine feature that temorarily stops applications from running so problems can be isolated
- Displays all 3rd party applications that are installed in the main memory of your device
- Displays all 3rd party applications that run in the background of your device
- Displays the installation times for all 3rd party applications installed on your device
- Displays the events that cause each background application to run
- Allows for the sending of all SafeGuard data to remote support organizations via the internet for remote diagnostics
- Maintains a complete history of all device crashes
- Maintains a complete history of all device resets
- Maintains a history of the application usage on your device
- Helps keep your SD Card available for applications to use

Karen has sent in details of the ASUS S71. engadget hate it, Karen loves it, I hate the design, but love the idea.

We hear it's pretty tough being a gadget with an identity crisis, and unfortunately for Asus' MS71, it definitely feels that pain. Thankfully for consumers who aren't turned off by rectangular (or atypically slender) mice, at least it provides a bit of extra utility. Quite simply, the base of the critter snaps off to plug into any open USB port; from there, it enables what's left to function as a wireless mouse and allows users to store an undisclosed amount of files on the appendage. No word on pricing or availability, but unless you place absolutely no value on ergonomics, we'd probably look elsewhere.