Palm says in a press release that it is has chosen Texas Instruments as its supplier of the ARM chips it will use in its next generation of handheld organisers. (Associated Press has picked up the story.) The alternatives were Motorola and Intel. The ARM chip is also now the standard for handhelds based on Microsoft's PocketPC 2002 operating software, thanks to the success of the Compaq iPaq. However, it seems the new Palms will not appear until the end of next year.