MobileRead Week in Review: 01/01 - 01/08

[Alexander Turcic]

Missed some of our big mobile stories this week? Time to catch up:

Announcements
Mobileread wins "Best Technology Web Site" award
PA 2005 Reader Award - last chance to vote

Browsers
AvantGo 6.0 adds Windows Mobile 5.0 support

Current E-Books Trends
Poll: Which e-reader would you choose?
Poll: Will Sony help the e-book market to grow?
Sony's new e-book reader officially announced [Update]
The Da Vinci Code author talks about e-books at CES

E-Book Readers
Gizmodo hands on with the Sony Reader
Sony Reader vs. iRex Iliad e-book reader

General Chat
Get the Google Pack for Windows XP
Google Local for mobile now available on select phones
Television scripts for your handheld
WebXCope mobile Web proxy
Yahoo! Go Mobile for Nokia Series 60 phones

Link Swap
Portable Gaim 1.5b2 for Windows

Other E-Book Resources
O'Reilly Asterisk free e-book download
Portable Harvard Classics Volume 8 is available
Syriana screenplay released for free

Other Gadgets
A-Data SD cards with storage capacity meter
Didigo SmartDrive DD01 with BCD screen
Lexar JumpDrive Mercury uses E Ink technology
Nokia 770 doing surprisingly well
Pepper Pad receives a Plus upgrade
Tiny 500gig Quantum Disk storage - Too good to be true?
X50v.it takes apart the Sony PSP

Palm
FontSmoother 1.65 released
Is it time to overhaul the Palm interface?
Mossberg advises sticking with Palm-based Treos
Palm 700w coverage at Palm Addict
PalmAddict's Sammy reviews the Palm Treo 650
Palm CEO live on Bloomberg TV - transcript
Palm Treo 700w is here
Podcasts: PalmAddict 28 and 1src 57
Run Fitaly on a Palm T|X!
Sign the NetFront for Palm OS petition
Slow season could hurt Palm despite Treo 700w
TipTop puzzle game $4.95! (thanks to Astraware's Annual Hogmanay Party)
Treo 700w available in Europe already in spring 2006 (rumor)

Pocket PC
Acer n310 VGA Pocket PC spotted on German site
Card Export II USB Mass Storage for WM 5.0
Dell Axim X51v A06 ROM upgrade released
GSPlayer V2.24 released
Opera Mobile 8.5 for WM 5.0 leaked