Sprint Settles Lawsuit; Treocast Gets Paid

I was notified today that Sprint has finally settled the Treo 600 class action suit that they have been battling for so long.

Granted, I had no idea that this lawsuit was happening. But I did own a Treo 600 back in 2004. As a matter of fact, it was the second in a long line of Treo phones that I've owned. (You never forget your first.)

Apparently some Treo owners took the promise of WiFi and Bluetooth literally and became upset when Palm didn't deliver. Rather than play around with every add-on gadget out there to solve the problem as I did (including this brick-expander) some decided to band together and take on Palm on behalf of Treo owners everywhere.

The result: I get a coupon for $27.50 to spend on the Palm web site any way I want.  Can't beat that! I wonder what other lawsuits I'm tied up in that will be cashing in soon. Is there an app for that?

Gizmo Brings IM to the Treo

The folks over at Gizmo Project have just released their client for the Treo (and other Palm OS based devices). There's no VoIP service in this client, but then again there is no WiFi for the Treo either, so to me that doesn't matter. It does, however, provide IM connectivity not only to Gizmo's system, but to AIM and MSN with Yahoo, iChat, and Jabber coming soon.

For me this is a very timely release. My demo of Chatopus has just about expired and I was prepared to drop the $16.99 to buy the full version. Gizmo's client is free, and interesting enough appears to actually be the same program as Chatopus.