MobilityFlow announced Touch Alarm, an iPhone-style alarm clock for Windows Mobile PDAs and smartphones. The program is available in two editions: Touch Alarm Free and Touch Alarm Pro. Both editions offer iPhone-style scrolls of hours and minutes, a variety of skins, and an icon to unlock the alarm. The Pro version adds the ability to set multiple alarms, specify alarms for certain days of the week, play MP3 or WAV sounds, synchronize with Internet time, and more.

Touch Alarm is compatible with devices running Windows Mobile 5 or 6. A single-user license of Touch Alarm Pro costs $5. For more information about the new programs, visit http://touch-alarm.com.

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As the holidays approach and people are thinking about ways to keep their favorite electronic devices powered up while traveling, consider portable power options that will provide power even when you're away from an outlet. Callpod's Fueltank Duo may cost more than your average wall charger, but your favorite devices will always have power and you won't be tied to an outlet. Plus, you'll get added convenience by eliminating a mess of cords from your travel bag. Check out my review of the Callpod Fueltank Duo here.

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Windows Mobile 6.5 users have been able to enjoy the Windows Marketplace for a few weeks. Now, as promised, Microsoft is making a Windows Marketplace download available for devices running Windows Mobile 6.0 and 6.1. The Marketplace provides access to hundreds of applications for your handheld, similar to Apple's popular App Store. Check it out by visiting mp.windowsphone.com on your PDA.

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The other day, I told you about Google's plans to offer free Wi-Fi in many airports throughout the country. Now, Microsoft and Yahoo are joining in the spirit of the upcoming season with their own free Wi-Fi offerings.

Microsoft has partnered with JiWire to give users free Wi-Fi in exchange for doing at least one Web search on Bing. Although exact service locations haven't been revealed, you'll likely find the free Wi-Fi from Bing and Microsoft at airports and hotels. Yahoo plans to offer free wireless Internet for all of New York City's Times Square for an entire year.

Thanks to offerings such as these, surfing the Internet from your PDA while on the road is getting easier and easier.

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Last week, I told you that you'd be able to get free Wi-Fi midflight on select American Airlines and Virgin American flights this holiday season. Now, thanks to Google, even more travelers will have access to free Wi-Fi.

Today, the search giant announced that it is working with airports around the country as well as Boingo Wireless, Advanced Wireless Group, Airport Marketing Income, and others to give you free Wi-Fi. The free service will be available now through January 15, 2010 at 47 airports. To see if your favorite airport is included, or to learn more about Google's plans, visit www.freeholidaywifi.com.

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A few weeks ago, Google introduced the Layers feature for the mobile version of Google Maps. Now, the search giant is adding a new layer to its Maps feature: the New York City Subway System. To see the new layer, view New York City in Google Maps, click the More option, and select Transit Lines. After zooming in, you should be able to see individual station icons. Tap any of the icons to get more information about the station.

You can get the latest version of Google Maps for mobile with Layers by visiting m.google.com/maps from your PDA.

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Recently, Virgin Atlantic began offering an iPhone application for people who are scared of flying. The application puts the company's Flying Without Fear course on a mobile platform to help put travelers' minds at ease. Within the course, you'll get answers to frequently asked questions, relaxation exercises and fear therapy, and more.

Although this application isn't available for PDAs at the moment, I think it's good that more and more creative applications for mobile platforms are becoming available. I welcome your thoughts: What do you think of this new application? Perhaps more importantly, would you use it?

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Virgin America and Google aren't the only ones offering free Wi-Fi this holiday season. Recently, American Airlines and Lexus announced their own plans to offer free inflight Wi-Fi to customers on specially equipped planes from November 1 through November 7. The Gogo Inflight Internet service lets you check email, access social media sites, shop online, read news, and much more from laptops, smartphones, and PDAs. To take advantage of the offer, enter the promotion code 2010LEXUSLS to connect to the service. More information is available at www.aa.com/wifi.

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Virgin America and Google are partnering to offer free in-flight Wi-Fi to all of Virgin America's guests this holiday season. From November 10 through January 15, 2010, you'll be able to check email, shop online, access social networks, and much more using the GoGo Inflight Internet service on every Virgin America flight.

Virgin America currently offers Wi-Fi on all of its planes. The airline also offers power outlets near every seat. The GoGo service typically costs $12.95 for flights of over three hours; $9.95 for flights between 1.5 and three hours; and $5.95 for short haul flights of less than 1.5 hours. The company also offers handheld/PDA pricing of $7.95 for flights over 1.5 hours.

For more on the free holiday Wi-Fi initiative, visit www.freeholidaywifi.com.

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During a recent interview with Engadget, Steve Ballmer revealed that Zune integration on Windows Mobile is coming in the next release of the software.

Given that Apple's iPhone has offered iTunes integration since Day 1, it's about time Microsoft got with the program and started integrating Zune functionality into its mobile OS. It's still unclear if Ballmer was referring to Windows Mobile 7 (which is expected sometime next year) or if he meant an intermediate Windows Mobile update, but the former seems a bit more likely.

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