08:24 PM by Brian in E-Book Readers | Sony Reader

Here's the first glimpse of Sony's soon-to-be released e-book reader, courtesy of Rick Wilking from Reuters. The device's name: Reader. Expect more details soon as CES gets underway.

Update: Sony has officially announced the Reader in this press release and there is an official product website here.

Specifications and features:

• Dimensions- 6.9” by 4.9” by .5”
• Weight - 8.8 ounces
• 6 inch SVGA 800X600 4-level grey-scale E Ink screen
• Internal Memory Capacity- Approximately 80 unillustrated books
• MP3 playback through headphone jack
• Battery Life - Approximately 7,500 continuous page turns
• Recharges in 4 hours (AC) or 6 hours (USB)
• SD and Memory Stick expansion slots
• Supported formats - BBeB Book / Adobe PDF / JPEG / MP3

According to this article at PCWorld.com, the Reader will be available in April priced between $299 and $399 at $349.99.

More images after the jump.

[via Engadget]

Related: Sony to launch "iPod for e-books" at CES

04:42 PM by Alexander Turcic in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones

It's been a long time coming, but Palm has finally started sales of its Windows Mobile-based Palm Treo 700w that prognosticators, clairvoyants, and kooks have been anticipating for months. Important links to check out:

Product page
Press release
List of accessories
Media gallery
Treo in 2046x3300

03:16 PM by Alexander Turcic in E-Book General | Deals and Resources (No...

Asterisk is an open source system than runs on Linux and can be used with existing phone systems to integrate VoIP. If you want to learn more, don't miss O'Reilly Asterix: The Future of Telephony offered as a free e-book download [PDF]. Their server is currently terribly slow; perhaps they should upgrade from Microsoft-IIS/6.0 to Apache.

Related: Read O'Reilly Hacks Series books using Google hack

[via digg]

02:31 PM by Alexander Turcic in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones

One thing's for sure: Palm OS lacks a decent browser supporting all the important Internet standards and technologies of today. Brad from TamsPalm informed us that he started a petition to get Netfront released for all new Palm devices. You can read more about it here.

09:58 AM by Alexander Turcic in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones

Dell has issued a ROM update for the Dell Axim X51v Pocket PC. The only news listed is "Windows Mobile V5.0 Adaptation Kit Update 1.1 enhancement." You can download it from here.

Note this ROM update is not designed for Axim X50/X50v devices which have been upgraded to Windows Mobile 5.0.

09:39 AM by Alexander Turcic in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones

Sure the Palm Treo 650 isn't the latest device on the market, with the Treo 700w to come out soon. Yet, since nobody can question Sammy's expertise when it comes to playing with Palm handhelds, his latest observations on the Treo 650 are definitely a recommended read if you're interested in a Palm expert's opinion.

The Treo 650 is a marvel, it is a lot better than what I anticipated and it could even replace the Tungsten C but we will see once I have got the WiFi Sled and I will see how this will work

I was talking privately with Peter Arts and I was saying that I was afraid to say that the Treo 650 would actually replace my Tungsten C. And in the six years that I have been running Palm Addict I have never felt so much enthusiasm about a Palm device.

09:00 AM by Alexander Turcic in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones

If you're the kind of person with destructive tendencies, have a look at the step by step guide from X50v.it how to disassemble a brand-spanking-new Sony PlayStation Portable.

Thanks to Riccardo for the link!

08:39 AM by Alexander Turcic in Miscellaneous | Announcements

If you guys can jump to the Palm Addict 2005 Reader Award poll and vote for us, that would be sweet. It's going to be closed very time soon. Thank you!