MobileRead Week in Review: 02/26 - 03/05

[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:

Current E-Books Trends
Some good news from TeleRead

E-Book Conversion
How to digitize a million books

E-Book Readers
Hands-on review of the Iliad e-book reader!

eReader
eReader gets new chief

General Chat
ALP just a piece of a bigger picture for ACCESS
Fix your Firefox extensions for version 1.5.0.1
Libraries offer free audiobook downloads
MobileRead is the "Best of the Best!"
Publish your blog as a paper book
Some weekend thoughts about mobile computing
Tiny microphones will aid VOIP adoption
Why are SMS short text messages so darned short?
Why DRM is a lie

Link Swap
The 50 best web sites... one more time

Other E-Book Resources
20% off for one book at the Palm eBook store
New podcast from Cory Doctorow: Return to Pleasure Island

Other Gadgets
Add 4gig to your cell phone with Stic & Stor
Microsoft lets Origami secret slip
Some very unusual laptop designs
Super bendy "nano-skin" display screens

Other Readers
Microsoft wants feedback on Origami for e-book reading

Palm
Creative Algorithms releases Trip Boss 2 - As free upgrade!
MobiVoIP Beta brings VOIP to PalmOS!
Palm Addicts keeps you "in the know" like nobody else!
Sneak(y) peek at the new DateBk6

Pocket PC
A look at the best email clients for Pocket PC
Game emulators for PPC - A comprehensive list
Opera 8.5 beta 2 for Pocket PC
Should I defrag my memory cards?

Portable Audio/Video
Free television downloads from ABC!
The Beaver learns about cell phones

Smartphones
Compal GPP2 phone with built-in projector!
Hit TV show 24 is now a phone game

Sunrise
Sunrise XP Showcase