MobileRead Week in Review: 05/08 - 05/15

[Alexander Turcic]

Feast your eyes on some of the discussions from this week at MobileRead...

Announcements
Happy 1st Anniversary to Us!
PDA247 Interview with Bob Russell

Browsers
Light ahead for a mobileOK Web?

Current E-Books Trends
70% Of Readers Ready To Buy Electronic Books
Excellent E-Book Blog and Interviews
Experiment how Tablet PC could replace school textbooks

E-Book Readers
Sony Librie first inofficial English firmware patch
Taiwanese acquire Philips' e-paper unit
UltraThin E-Ink for PDAs and E-Books

E-Book Webstores
Adobe's e-book store shuts down

General Chat
Macinstosh Dashboard Opens Security Vulnerabilities
More "Addict Sites" Coming Soon
New 'Nuclear Battery' Runs 10 Years, 10 Times More Powerful
PDA Market Falls On May 10, 2005
Threat of mobile viruses just scaremongering tactic?

iSilo/X
iSilo/X 4.26 released

Link Swap
How to crack WEP - step-by-step guide

New Links
Google Local Search UK for mobile

Other E-Book Resources
Online Books at Literature Network
PDA24/7 Ebook Reviews

Other Gadgets
Blackberry in a jam?
Mobilis mini computer from Encore (India)
SanDisk 1 GB Extreme III SD Card reviewed

Other Readers
CHM eBook Reader 2.4 for Pocket PC

Palm
Editorial: PalmOne Is Still An Innovator, But Nobody Realizes It
FontSmoother 1.40 released with gamma adjustment
Free WiFi Card with Palm T5
Full PalmOne Lifedrive details
Is the Treo the perfect blueprint for the future?
NewsFlash: LifeDrive Leaked by Laptop Magazine
PalmAddict debuts new forum - contest held soon!
PalmOne planning to create new category of mobile devices
Tiny DAs: Flipper, StatBar, RotateDA, ToggleFS
Treo 650 tops them all, says BusinessWeek author

Pocket PC
ActiveSync 4.0 Developer Preview available
Dell and HP to offer Windows Mobile 5.0 updates
FeederReader: Podcasts and RSS on Pocket PC
Get all the scoop on MEDC2005
Hitchhiker 0.1 - free WiFi hotspot finder for Pocket PC
Lots of hand-picked Windows Mobile 5.0 quick bits
No Windows Mobile 5.0 upgrade for smartphones?
Switching from PalmOne T|T3 to HP iPaq hx2755
The world (i.e. Hooters) in the palm of your hand
Windows Mobile 5.0 - the official unveiling

Portable Audio/Video
Apple iTunes Mobile 1.0 arriving in July '05