MobileRead Week in Review: 06/26 - 07/03

[Alexander Turcic]

If you've been too busy to check out MobileRead this week, check out our usual roundup:

Current E-Books Trends
Are e-books the future?

E-Book Conversion
TinyStock's PDF2Doc conversion tool

E-Book Readers
Cybook PDF viewer beta
Sony Librie as a virtual game board

E-Book Webstores
RSS feed for eReader's e-book promotion

General Chat
Bookbutler online book meta-search engine
Do you sweat with your PDA?
Ewan Spence Makes Mainstream Media!
Greetings from Dubrovnik
Laplink Software takes a stand on P2P technology
My Awesome Ebay Story
Podcasts on your handheld (how-to)
Supreme Court Rules Against Grokster

MobiPocket
Mobipocket Reader V5.0 Beta released

Other E-Book Resources
"Stranger Things Happen" in iSilo format
"The Art and Science of Web Design" free download
Podiobooks.com to subscribe to audiobooks as podcasts
War of the Worlds in Plucker format

Other Gadgets
RIM quarterly profit more than doubles yet disappoints
Sandisk BookLocker aka FlashCP DRM-based USB stick

Palm
Mossberg reviews the PalmOne LifeDrive
PalmOne scores a quarterly profit thanks to Treo device
PalmOne Zire21 wins Catalyst Award 2005
PalmSource posts 4Q profits and to cut jobs
Plug Forward Express 1.1 For Treo
Quicknews Endorsement
Tapping the Market: How powerful should a PDA be?
The Awkward Smart Phone Grows Up
Trip Boss & Date Wheel Bundle Deal
Win a PalmOne LifeDrive from PalmGear

Pocket PC
Dell Axim X50(v) A04 ROM update
Egress V2.3.0 adds Bloglines and NewsGator support
Motorola's WM-based "RAZRberry" aka "Franklin" details
Opera 8 for WM 2003 Smartphones released
ozLooxSpeaker enables VoIP speaker for PocketLoox
Plumbin Frenzy released for Pocket PC
Pocket Slides 30% Off
PPC Mag's Best Software Awards 2005 nomination
TCPMP/Betaplayer sets standards with AVC support

Portable Audio/Video
iPod poses a security risk (including how-to)
iTunes 4.9 released - with podcasting support!
Playaway self-playing audiobook player
Why Not "Reverse Podcasts" for iPod?

Smartphones
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