MobileRead Week in Review: 04/23 - 04/30

[Alexander Turcic]

Previously at MobileRead:

Current E-Books Trends
How limited supply may (not) relate to e-book pricing
Liquavista mixes oil and water to produce a new display technology
Newspapers put E Ink readers on trial
New York Times on the dim future of e-textbooks
NYT gets in bed with Microsoft to deliver e-content
Palm Addicts has a wealth of e-book stories
Scholarly publications better in electronic form
Should mobile e-books be different than regular books?
Stop squinting - eyestrain problems caused by small screens
Washington Post on E Ink devices

E-Book Readers
Hands-on with the iRex iLiad
iRex iLiad availability delayed to May 2006
Presentation on iRex iLiad trial with more photos
Sony Librie killed by a notebook

E-Book Webstores
eReader 10% discount through May 6th

FBReader
FBReader 0.7.3c adds support for OpenZaurus

General Chat
A library location that might not be safe for e-book readers
Is mobile device adoption being held up by security concerns?
Laplink ShareDirect Basic Edition is now free
New ".mobi" domain names are coming in May 2006
Prison Break heads to cells instead of TV
Tell us about your handheld repair stories
Yahoo! turns your PC into a DVR

iSilo/X
iSilo V4.32 beta 1 released

Link Swap
Fresh quotes to your handheld via RSS
Get a Yahoo Mail beta invite - here is how to

New Links
PocketOptimized provides list of mobile-friendly sites
Wampad gateway to mobile web

Other E-Book Resources
Overview of available e-book software

Palm
How Palm took off the crown from HP
Is Palm OS losing its Mojo?
Palm Addicts reviews Proporta handheld accessories
Sprint Palm Treo 700p sighted again

Pocket PC
Microsoft confirms WM 5.0 successor "Crossbow"
Minimo CE 0.015 released

Portable Audio/Video
Free SciFi audiobooks from James Patrick Kelly
Free tool to convert DVDs for handheld viewing
Musical freedom by mixing Pandora and Squeezebox
Will major content become mobile-only?

Smartphones
Consumers want more from mobile phones