- Gary Thayer, editor

Six Apart has released TypePad Mobile, a free application for Palm, Windows Mobile or Symbian Series 60 mobiles that lets users post photos and entries to a TypePad blog and photo albums. Those with a TypePad blog and a smartphone that runs Palm OS 5, Windows Mobile 5, or Symbian Series 60, can download the software at sixapart.com.

DataViz has released Documents To Go for Symbian smartphones with UIQ 3.0, featuring InTact Technology and PowerPoint editing. This new edition provides the ability to view and edit native Word, Excel and PowerPoint files on the latest Symbian smartphones from Sony Ericsson, including the just released M600 and the soon to be released P990 and W950.

Documents To Go is also available on a variety of mobile platforms including Symbian OS based Series 80 and UIQ 2; as well as Palm OS.

DataViz' InTact Technology aims to ensure that any edits made in Documents To Go are intelligently merged with a file's original formatting to create an updated document that can then be e-mailed or exchanged with others directly from the smartphone, according to DataViz. The software supports landscape views on select smartphones, and features including word count for word processing files and the ability to view spreadsheet comments have also been added.

Documents To Go for UIQ 3.0 is available in English, French, German and Spanish and can be purchased from DataViz.com and from distributors including Handango and Smartsam.de. The software retails for US $49.99 USD for a new license. Upgrades from competitive Office versions are available for $29.99. Current owners of Documents To Go for UIQ 2 who purchase a new M600, P990 or W950 can cross grade to Documents To Go for UIQ 3.0 free of charge.

For more information on Documents To Go and DataViz, see dataviz.com or the company's summary page on MobileVillage.

SplashData announced that its password management application, SplashID, is now available for BlackBerry. The software lets BlackBerry users organize, manage and access passwords - such as user names, passwords, credit card numbers and PINs - in an encrypted database on their handset as well as their notebook or desktop PC.

Users can automatically generate new passwords, and also have the option of continuing to create their own passwords. But instead of having to remember dozens of passwords and other information, users simply need to remember one main key to unlock the rest of their passwords, which are stored in a secure vault accessible on both the BlackBerry or a Windows notebook or desktop PC.

SplashID for BlackBerry is available at splashdata.com for US $29.95. This price includes both the BlackBerry handset application and the Windows desktop companion software.

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