MobileRead Week in Review: 09/17 - 09/24

Alexander Turcic · 09-24-2006, 07:00 AM

It was the week that was. Here's what MobileRead's been talking about since last Sunday:

Elsewhere on the Net
A Brief History of the GUI (Graphical User Interface)
E Ink: The market and devices retrospective
Roll-up Roll-up for the latest e-ink screen news.

Hacks and Development
Scripts to move comics to Iliad e-ink reader

In the News
Are e-ink readers useful, or just a fun gadget?
E-book news roundup (a survey of some previous TeleRead stories)
E-book readers save money... and maybe your marriage!
Freescale bought for $17.6B
Indian Newspaper does free online e-paper version
LG Phone reads e-books out loud
Library Best Practices Wiki needs help with an e-books section
Maybe this will spur more handheld sales!
New Linux phone targeted at developers
New Samsung LCD display adapts to sunlight
Radical academic highlights changes in publishing
Sometimes even publishers get praised
The other sides of DRM
Vote for a Sony Reader forum at SXSW Conference

iRex iLiad
Tutorial: Convert Gutenberg texts for the iLiad

Lounge
Panasonic wifi on airplanes may replace Connexion
Rainbow Technology proposes 5 GB paper-based storage device

Mobile Sites
Bloglines Mobile gets Skweezer
Get 67 films from the Portable Film Festival
New Yahoo Mobile Web Search launched

Others
Creating DRM-free Sony Librie books
Say hello to the Lexar Mecury flash stick

Palm OS
DOS and a true x86 emulator for PalmOS
Jeff Hawkins interview from PoderPDA Mexico
Palm Addict review of the new mini BT keyboard from Brando

Portable AV
Samsung K5 mp3 player has slide out speakers

Recommendations
E-book review:Encephalopath by Steve Jordan

Sony Reader
More coverage of the upcoming Sony Reader
Sony Reader in the press (huge round-up)

Windows Mobile
Why there is no answering machine app for PPC smartphones
Win CE 6.0 to be launched Nov 1, 2006

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Alexander Turcic Fully Converged Posts: 18,163 Karma: 14021202 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Switzerland Device: Too many to count here.	MobileRead Week in Review: 09/17 - 09/24 It was the week that was. Here's what MobileRead's been talking about since last Sunday: Elsewhere on the Net A Brief History of the GUI (Graphical User Interface) E Ink: The market and devices retrospective Roll-up Roll-up for the latest e-ink screen news. Hacks and Development Scripts to move comics to Iliad e-ink reader In the News Are e-ink readers useful, or just a fun gadget? E-book news roundup (a survey of some previous TeleRead stories) E-book readers save money... and maybe your marriage! Freescale bought for $17.6B Indian Newspaper does free online e-paper version LG Phone reads e-books out loud Library Best Practices Wiki needs help with an e-books section Maybe this will spur more handheld sales! New Linux phone targeted at developers New Samsung LCD display adapts to sunlight Radical academic highlights changes in publishing Sometimes even publishers get praised The other sides of DRM Vote for a Sony Reader forum at SXSW Conference iRex iLiad Tutorial: Convert Gutenberg texts for the iLiad Lounge Panasonic wifi on airplanes may replace Connexion Rainbow Technology proposes 5 GB paper-based storage device Mobile Sites Bloglines Mobile gets Skweezer Get 67 films from the Portable Film Festival New Yahoo Mobile Web Search launched Others Creating DRM-free Sony Librie books Say hello to the Lexar Mecury flash stick Palm OS DOS and a true x86 emulator for PalmOS Jeff Hawkins interview from PoderPDA Mexico Palm Addict review of the new mini BT keyboard from Brando Portable AV Samsung K5 mp3 player has slide out speakers Recommendations E-book review:Encephalopath by Steve Jordan Sony Reader More coverage of the upcoming Sony Reader Sony Reader in the press (huge round-up) Windows Mobile Why there is no answering machine app for PPC smartphones Win CE 6.0 to be launched Nov 1, 2006