MobileRead Week in Review: 03/20 - 03/27

[Alexander Turcic]

Feast your eyes on some of the discussions from this week at MobileRead...

Current E-Books Trends
"EarthCore" - the first podcast-only e-book!
Signs of the first e-newspaper device
Why electronic content reduces backpain

E-Book Readers
E-Ink is strengthening its Board

E-Book Webstores
Make ebook history - test Diesel eBooks' mobile site

eReader
eReader (Pro) for Symbian available
New Versions of eReader Coming?

General Chat
Forget backlight with Samsung's new semi-permeable displays
PDAs To Help You Wait For Your Bus
Quick Bits: PDAs will naturally disappear yet physicians rely on them, and more...
Quick Bits: tiny 4Gb HDD, mobile web design, digital paper, and more
What kinds of mobile sites interest you most?

Link Swap
Litefeeds brings optimized feeds to Java-enabled devices

Other Gadgets
My Sony PSP Review
Programs designed for USB drives
Sony PSP screen protectors by JAVOedge

Other Readers
Microsoft Reader for PPC V2.4 is out
New MS Reader Version Still No Good?

Palm
80GB for your Palm - InfiniFile transforms handhelds into media centers
Bluetooth adapter for non-BT enabled Sony Clies
Bluetooth Syncing the Treo 650 under Linux
HandBrake 0.7.0beta1 released. Mac users rejoice!
More (rumored) news on T5 successor (Live Drive)
palmOne stock - a hidden long-term gem?
Pic of the Zire 73?
Sony Clie OS6 this year? (we know that sounds crazy)
Treo 650 gets an update fixing various issues

Pocket PC
BetaPlayer 0.5b download link
WebIS Mail 2.1 final for Pocket PC is out
Windows Mobile 2005 (aka Magneto) LEAKED!
Windows Mobile 2005 - first review

Smartphones
A Nokia 9500 Communicator is now mine
Nokia 9500 Communicator Quick Tips
Turn your old cell phone into cash