- Gary Thayer, editor

WeatherBug announced that its local weather information services are now available for BlackBerry users. WeatherBug Mobile delivers live, neighborhood level weather conditions, satellite and radar views and live camera views from the WeatherBug Network plus forecast updates and severe weather alerts from the National Weather Service (NOAA). WeatherBug Mobile is available for US $50 for one year or $15 for three months. A three-day free trial is available. For more information, see weatherbug.com or handango.com.

MobiTV has announced the immediate availability of its MobiTV service for Windows Mobile powered phones and devices. MobiTV says users can access a range of channels from top-tier content providers. For a complete list of content partners or to sign up for MobiTV for Windows Mobile devices, see mobitv.com. The MobiTV service for Windows Mobile is also available at handango.com.

SplashData has released SplashTravel for Palm and Treo users. SplashTravel delivers fifteen different travel tools in one integrated application, and enables users to create packing lists, check time differences between cities, track expenses, convert currencies, look up area codes, and more.

SplashTravel costs US $20 and can be purchased at splashdata.com or handango.com. SplashData's other products include SplashID, SplashPhoto, SplashMoney and SplashShopper.

Smarter Agent Inc. announced that its a Smarter Agent mobile search application for home buyers and real estate professionals, is now available on Sprint-Nextel. For a monthly fee of five dollars, users can access recent home sale information from their LBS/GPS enabled cell phones just by standing in front a property. Consumers can conduct unlimited searches, and Smarter Agent covers most neighborhoods in the United States, according to the company. The fee is added directly to the Sprint-Nextel customer’s monthly cell phone bill. For details, see smarteragent.com.

TransMedia has released version 1.3 of Glide Effortless, its PC-to-PC-to-cell phone sync software for files, contacts and calendars; as well as new browser based applications, Glide Calendar and Glide Write. The software suite provides access to a user's photos, music, videos, documents, contacts, calendars and more from Windows or Mac OS X PCs and Windows Mobile 5 and Java based handsets.

The new Glide Write application is an entirely browser based word processor for compatibility with Glide's other applications. Users can create multimedia documents of unlimited size with streaming video, audio, photos and even other documents, and then share them with unlimited participants in emails, text, audio and video chats. When sharing documents with others, users can assign view, download and edit rights to documents and track who is viewing, downloading and editing. Users can also publish Glide Write documents to websites, blogs, personal profiles and calendars and make them available for public search in the Glide Society and on the web at large.

Glide Calendar can automatically import and sync with Microsoft Outlook and Apple iCal calendars without any manual processes. Yahoo CSV support will be made available in July, 2006. Glide Calendars can also be exported to Microsoft Outlook Apple iCal, CSV and XML formats.

For more information on Glide Effortless, see glidedigital.com, or transmx.com.

VoiceIt Technologies announced VoiceDialIt, VoiceSecureIt, and VoiceNavIt, a suite of voice applications for Windows Mobile 5.0 tphones, which are modeled after VoiceIt's Palm OS versions. VoiceDialIt is a voice dialer similar. VoiceSecureIt is a voice biometric authentication application that will enable the user to access their smartphone by using a simple and unique voice print phrase. Finally, VoiceNavIt is a voice command and control application that enables users to control windows, launch applications, input simple text, control input (i.e. 5-way navigation), and playback recorded macros via their voice. The applications are slated for release in July. For more information, visit voiceit-tech.com.