MobileRead Week in Review: 07/31 - 08/07

[Alexander Turcic]

Been away? Fear not! Here is your chance to check out what appeared on our frontpage this week:

Current E-Books Trends
2006 a breakout year for e-books?
Audible.com multiplies earnings in Q2 2005
German students greet e-books with enthusiasm
Herald Tribune on how e-books spur sales
Princeton University goes digital - the wrong way

E-Book Conversion
Makedoc: An Online Text to Palmdoc Converter

E-Book Readers
DRM-free e-books for the Sony Librie (how-to)

General Chat
Apple Not Implementing TPM DRM on Intel
Issue #2 of Mobile Ministry Magazine is Available
List of Medical-based PDA forums
PDA247 survey results
Pocket Goddess Update and Device Sale
Redirection script for mobile browsers
Shopping for major discounts at Dell (how-to)
Ten reasons to support the mobile Web

iSilo/X
iSilo 4.28 and iSiloX/C 4.28 enter beta 1

Link Swap
The World: Technology podcasts

New Links
Brand New Dad Mobile
Excelsior Mexican newspaper - mobile edition

Other E-Book Resources
Book2Book mobile e-books discussion
Free comic: Lovecraft Country - Return to Arkham

Other Gadgets
British street artist creative with the Tablet PC
Gamepark GPX2-F100 media player handheld
Playing Doom on a Nokia 770

Other Readers
FBReader 0.6.3 to be ported for Nokia 770
ReadManiac V2.3 Java-based e-book reader

Palm
Another PalmSource executive cashes out
FontSmoother 1.47 for Palm OS released
Leaked photos show Treo 700 running WM
Palm: PDAs still important because of GPS
Palm Addict's 6th Birthday Celebration
PalmAddicts hits podcast #6
PalmAddicts is celebrating with weekend contests
Palm CFO confident about the future
PalmSource Europe DevCon cancelled
PDA24/7 Trip Boss Version Exclusive
TraxItAll tracking tool for Palm OS is on sale
Treo 670 running Windows Mobile - for real!
What's on your Palm Treo 650?

Pocket PC
Confidential Notes for Pocket PC
Current Pocket PC Web browser solutions compared
TCPMP V0.66e test-version
TVGuide 0.6.2.142 for Pocket PC

Smartphones
Moto E790 iTunes phone this month, says USA Today
Moto Q details unveiled on Motorola's website
Windows Mobile gives humanoid new life

WiFi / Bluetooth Technologies
Hacking your neighbor's WiFi? Think twice.
WiFi and Bluetooth on a collision course