DDH Software has released HanDBase 3.0 for handheld computers based on the Palm OS and Pocket PC platforms. Coinciding the 3.0 release, DDH Software said it will be launching several new add-on programs, including a Forms Designer, and Sync Exchange for Microsoft Access and for ODBC data files.

The company said the new version includes a host of new technologies and enhancements, including peer-to-peer synchronization via infrared or Bluetooth, scalability so multiple users can sync to shared database files, support for naming saved filters, sorts, and field settings as Views, and built-in alarms.

Peer-to-peer synchronization gives users the ability to collaborate and share their data without using a central database server as "middleware." By cutting out the network database requirement from the equation, colleagues are now able to synchronize their data files either by beaming their data to each other or over a Bluetooth wireless connection.

According to DDH Software, HanDBase is now scalable, which allows users to merge their separate database files into a single consolidated database. So an unlimited number of users can work on the same HanDBase data file concurrently, and changes made by each user will merge together during synchronization to form a single database file shared by all users.