MobileRead Week in Review: 10/15 - 10/22

[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:

E-book Devices, iRex iLiad
Get a quick Sudoku fix on the iRex iLiad
iRex iLiad upgrade 2.7 released

E-book Devices, Sony Portable Reader
Best Buy gift cards can be used for Sony Reader Connect Store e-books
RSSOwl patch for the Sony Reader
Sony's Dan Albohn talks about the Sony Reader on TV clip
Early Sony Connect e-book sales to top $500,000 by end of October
M-Edge Jacket to be available for Sony Reader in November

E-books, Book Recommendations
OJ Simpson confession book is sure to be a best seller

E-books, Elsewhere on the Net
Project Gutenberg's regularly updated Top 100

E-books, News
Why aren't e-books more successful? - by Walt Crawford
Microsoft joins Cornell U in mass book-scanning project
Demand for downloads of digital magazines surges

E-books, Reading Software
uBook V0.9h beta released

Miscellaneous, Announcements
If you receive a "Server made a boo boo" message...

Miscellaneous, Lounge
World's first laser TV may lead to the end of plasma TVs
Amazon Askville beta - 20 invites here
Easy hard drive data archiving with a USB hard drive adapter
Happy Birthday to Sammy McLoughlin of Palm Addicts

Mobile Devices, Handhelds and Smartphones
CorePlayer regularly phones home or will deactive itself
TeleRead launches Palm TX e-book forum