[Alexander Turcic]

My goodness, is it Sunday again? Well, for those of you who've missed the highs and lows of MobileRead over the past seven days, this is your one-way ticket to catch up:

Announcements
Happy Birthday Craig!

Current E-Books Trends
Why to read e-books on your PDA

E-Book Conversion
MapQuester World Atlas Conversion Tool

E-Book Readers
Cybook firmware upgrade next month

General Chat
Linux emergencing as the mobile platform choice
Quick Tip: Make A Windows Instructional Video

iSilo/X
iSilo 4.25 and iSiloX/C 4.25 enter beta1

Other Gadgets
20lbs of Battery Shrunk to 8ozs!
Noreve high quality leather cases
Wi-Fi Blackberry 7270 hits the market

Other Readers
OpenBerg e-book reader supports OEBPS 1.2

Palm
More and more evidence that the T3 is discontinued
Next palmOne device with a flexible screen?
PDAMill's role-play game Arvale now for Palm OS
PDA Upgrades - When And How
Shape Shifter (a short review)
Switched On (Engadget) discusses the "death" of PDAs
TI to launch smartphone based on Cobalt

Pocket PC
Asus MyPal A730W PDA reviewed
Dell X50v ROMs A01 and A02 file comparison
Ego-Shooter Cube for Dell Axim X50v released
Game Flashback port for Pocket PC
MagicButton 1.8 released
PocketTV V1.03 optimized for Intel 2700G

Portable Audio/Video
Archos PMA430 demonstration video
Article: Converting a DVD for PDA Viewing
New iPod Accessory: Stereo Luggage
Portable Media Player Offered by American Airlines

Smartphones
i-Mate I Skype U
IBM Forecasts Spread of Mobile Computing Viruses for 2005
Nokia and RealNetworks collaborate