[Alexander Turcic]

There's been a whole heck of a lot of stuff happening this week. Purvey the below for your pleasure.

Announcements
MobileRead wins multiple 2005 Palm Addict Reader Awards!

Current E-Books Trends
Sony Reader CES roundup

E-Book Readers
CEO of a top 10 book publisher writes about e-books
Sony reveals pricing for its Portable Reader PRS-500

E-Book Webstores
Fictionwise 40% on any 2005 bestseller

General Chat
Are mobile devices the end of boredom?
HoloTouch touch sensitive holographic display technology
Is Apple spying on us through iTunes?
New weather forecaster uses E Ink
Palm Treo smartphone advances while handhelds evaporate
PDA247 celebrates its 4th birthday

iSilo/X
iSilo V4.3 released

Other Gadgets
Scobleizer's coolest CES gadget: Celestron SkyScout
Some pretty amazing TI calculator programs

Other Readers
µBook reader 0.9g beta released

Palm
Demand for Treo 700w above expectations
Interesting developers take on PalmOS
Is a new Palm LifeDrive imminent? (rumor)
Palm CFO to hold presentation today
Synching drug delivery with your Palm handheld

Sunrise
Sunrise XP alpha 2 released

WiFi / Bluetooth Technologies
Connexion to start airborne Internet TV