03:53 AM by Colin Dunstan in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones

In an enthralling PalmAddicts post Jennifer shares with us her hands-on experience with the Boxwave ClearTouch Crystal screen protector. Personally I stopped using any form of screen protector ever since I made the switch to Pocket PC. For some reason I haven't managed to get a scratch on my Axim yet, unlike it was the case with my old Sony Clie whose screen looked terrible after one month's use.

I would highly recommend any of Boxwave's ClearTouch screen protectors, but I especially recommend the ClearTouch Crystal now that I've seen how great it looks on a PDA and how it enhances your screen! You can get a Single Pack for $12.95 on Boxwave's website. If you're tired of dull screen protectors that are full of bubbles, give the Boxwave ClearTouch Crystal a try! You'll be surprised just how great your screen will look!

Jump to PalmAddicts to read her full report.

03:32 AM by Colin Dunstan in Miscellaneous | Lounge

The Odeo podcast service is not only a great place to browse and search for podcasts, but also to record your own audio via their browser-based Odeo Studio or via your phone:

Either way, your voice gets posted as an MP3 on an Odeo page, and from there you can easily share it or edit the title, etc... Once you create a recording, you can share it with your Odeo contacts or by email. Peeps are your Odeo contacts that you can add, delete, and otherwise manage. Or you can share your audio with the world by placing it in a channel.

[via Odeo Blog]

03:20 AM by Colin Dunstan in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones

Aren't you tired of hitting the Get Email button every three minutes? Sure it'd be nice if us non-BlackBerry mortals could get Push Email to work with existing Windows Mobile devices. Unfortunately, as Geekzone reports, only Windows Mobile with the Messaging and Security Feature Pack will support it, and you'll be only able to use it if your company has also Exchange Server Service Pack 2 installed. Don't expect it to arrive on your handheld before summer next year.

03:43 AM by Colin Dunstan in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones

So now we've got an FCC leak of the Palm Treo 700w, the Windows-mobile Treo Palm users have been so anxious about: A complete manual explaining how to use the phone, how to stay organized, and how to use the WM-specific components - with lots of screenshots of course.

Update: Tantalizing photos are available too. Thanks to Jason for the tip!

06:00 AM by Alexander Turcic in Miscellaneous | Week in Review

In case you've missed any MobileRead news from this week, here is our usual roundup:

Announcements
Mobileread.com gets a new home
Mobileread.com gets a new home UPDATE

Current E-Books Trends
E Ink producer Plastic Logic gains new investors

E-Book Readers
eBookWise-1150 on sale at $99.95

General Chat
Mobile video on the verge of a breakthrough
RSS is the real convergence medium

Other Gadgets
Kingston launches "Ultimate" CompactFlash
Nokia 770 now available at CompUSA
Nokia 770 reviewed by PC Mag
Patent Office rejects NTP RIM patent
RIM faces potential injunction
Samsung MIE technology to enhance mobile LCD quality
Seiko presents e-paper watch SVRD001
What if your BlackBerry screen went dark?

Other Readers
FBReader 0.7.1a is released
New version of µbook reader released (0.9f)

Palm
Ars Technica reviews LifeDrive
Astraware's Bzzz PalmOS game for free
Engadget readers collect Treo 650 tips and tricks
Former PalmSource CCO joins Rubicon
Japan's NTT DoCoMo increases stake in Access
PalmBible+ 3.2.0 released
Palm going big in China
Palm LifeDrive Update 2.0 first findings
PalmPDF V0.8 released
Palm releases LifeDrive Update 2.0
Treo 700w shows up on Verizon's eStore
TuSSH for Palm guarantees secure data transmission

Pocket PC
Defrag for Pocket PC coming to you soon
HTC Prophet available from HK webstore
LG announces DMB-enabled Pocket PC PM80
Windows Mobile remote desktop full screen hack

Smartphones
Is a smartphone worthless without a data network?

Sunrise
Send to Sunrise for Firefox 1.5

12:57 PM by Alexander Turcic in Miscellaneous | Announcements

Update: We moved the site without difficulties and further downtimes are not to be expected. Within the next 12-36hrs your ISP's local DNS should automatically point to our new server location. --Alex

Hello again. I hate to say it but we probably have to go offline for a couple of hours. While the database has already been transferred to the new server, I noticed that it causes an unreasonable amount of traffic between the old and the new servers now (~500k/s!). It's probably easier to wait until DNS has propagated everywhere...

If we have to go down, it'll happen in the next two hours. Stay tuned!

12:42 PM by Colin Dunstan in E-Book Readers | Alternative Devices

Looks like after all there's a chance you can send me a Nokia 770 for Christmas. Internet Tablet Talk has word that CompUSA is now shipping the Nokia for $399.99. It should even be available at your local store in limited numbers.

12:27 PM by Colin Dunstan in More E-Book Readers | Fictionwise eBookwise

David has the news that the dedicated e-book reader eBookWise-1150 can now be purchased on sale at USD $99.95. The offer is valid only until December 11th!

More over at Teleread.