MobileRead Week in Review: 07/17 - 07/24

Alexander Turcic · 07-24-2005, 06:00 AM

Ladies and Gentlemen, it's time for our weekly roundup of what's new and interesting in the world of mobile gadgets.

Current E-Books Trends
Harry Potter e-books for $1.99 on eBay
Pirate translation of Harry Potter in record time
Wired.com on Harry Potter e-book piracy

E-Book Conversion
PDFOnline converts to PDF and back

E-Book Readers
Hitachi's e-paper goes wireless
Root console on Sony Librie with USBPD

E-Book Webstores
20% eReader Discount Code
eReader Pro software reduced in price

General Chat
Cell phone sales predicted to surpass 1b by 2009
Cute Story: How Bob The Millionaire Became a Pirate
First bans of mobiles during movie shows
Mobile-friendly Web pages in two minutes
Skype could serve as videophone software
Windows Vista To Be The Official Name of Longhorn

Link Swap
MSN Virtual Earth Beta opens to public

Other E-Book Resources
Free e-book: "Free Software for Busy People"
Free e-book: "Maelstrom" converted for iSilo and Plucker
Free e-book: "Starfish" converted for iSilo and Plucker

Other Gadgets
Magpie Linux PDA from Unication
Nokia 770 / Maemo Wiki launched
Nokia Online Calculator unlocks your Nokia for free
Review of SD Card Readers

Palm
All About Palm recommendation
DataViz releases RoadSync for Palm OS
If I were Palm's CEO
Palm offers $50 off selected handhelds
PalmOS DateBk5 Tip -- Keep Your Location Data
PalmSource on its way of becoming a penny stock?
PalmSource patents fault-tolerant Flash ROM update
Stream Napster to your Palm
We Already Have All The Gadgets We Need...

Pocket PC
Resco Radio V1.0 for PPC released
The Core Pocket Media Player V0.66c test-version
WM 05's Persistent Storage from the Inside Out
WM Mobile 5.0 a "significant upgrade" says PPC Mag

Portable Audio/Video
Apple Video iPod in September (rumor)

Smartphones
Will Nokia dump Symbian in favor of Linux?

07-24-2005, 06:00 AM	#1
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: 07/17 - 07/24 Ladies and Gentlemen, it's time for our weekly roundup of what's new and interesting in the world of mobile gadgets. Current E-Books Trends Harry Potter e-books for $1.99 on eBay Pirate translation of Harry Potter in record time Wired.com on Harry Potter e-book piracy E-Book Conversion PDFOnline converts to PDF and back E-Book Readers Hitachi's e-paper goes wireless Root console on Sony Librie with USBPD E-Book Webstores 20% eReader Discount Code eReader Pro software reduced in price General Chat Cell phone sales predicted to surpass 1b by 2009 Cute Story: How Bob The Millionaire Became a Pirate First bans of mobiles during movie shows Mobile-friendly Web pages in two minutes Skype could serve as videophone software Windows Vista To Be The Official Name of Longhorn Link Swap MSN Virtual Earth Beta opens to public Other E-Book Resources Free e-book: "Free Software for Busy People" Free e-book: "Maelstrom" converted for iSilo and Plucker Free e-book: "Starfish" converted for iSilo and Plucker Other Gadgets Magpie Linux PDA from Unication Nokia 770 / Maemo Wiki launched Nokia Online Calculator unlocks your Nokia for free Review of SD Card Readers Palm All About Palm recommendation DataViz releases RoadSync for Palm OS If I were Palm's CEO Palm offers $50 off selected handhelds PalmOS DateBk5 Tip -- Keep Your Location Data PalmSource on its way of becoming a penny stock? PalmSource patents fault-tolerant Flash ROM update Stream Napster to your Palm We Already Have All The Gadgets We Need... Pocket PC Resco Radio V1.0 for PPC released The Core Pocket Media Player V0.66c test-version WM 05's Persistent Storage from the Inside Out WM Mobile 5.0 a "significant upgrade" says PPC Mag Portable Audio/Video Apple Video iPod in September (rumor) Smartphones Will Nokia dump Symbian in favor of Linux?