08:02 PM by Bob Russell in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones

Palm Addicts points us today to more news from the Palm and mobile world, including some very kind references to MobileRead.

Some highlights:
* A reference to a Treonauts post on music downloads with Treo
* A wifi hotspot locator from Bits & Bolts
* The Opera mini browser for Java mobile phones
* For Apple fans, an example of a tweaked Max OX skin for zLauncher which looks like Mac on Palm.
* Palm Addict podcast #8

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05:11 PM by Alexander Turcic in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones

One thing is for sure: Palm company doesn't want to be synonymous with Palm OS anymore. If you're still having any doubt that Palm is flirting with Windows Mobile, maybe this C|Net article will change your mind. It quotes Palm CFO Andy Brown saying that his company could benefit from building a mobile computing device that runs on Windows Mobile and that in general they are neutral upon chosing which OS platform to run future Palm devices with.

03:22 PM by doctorow in E-Book General | Deals and Resources (No...

eReader's deal of the week: Punch in this week's promo code UNCONVENTIONAL to receive a 10% discount off each book that you purchase. Offer good through August 16th, 2005 on all books priced more than $3.00.

03:01 PM by Alexander Turcic in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones

Peter Rojas is referring to a Business Week article according to which Dell might be readying its first Axim handheld with a QWERTY keyboard in response to RIM's popular BlackBerry device. Sounds plausible to us, considering that every other handheld maker is currently trying to secure their share of RIM's profitable on-the-go e-mail business.

02:44 PM by Alexander Turcic in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones

Jim informed us of a new free service called Navizon, dubbed P2P wireless positioning system, where GPS-enabled members can collect and share their favorite locations with others anytime on the go. The clue: Navizon claims it can also triangulate through the signal strength of public WiFi access points and cell communication towers to determine your current latitude and longitude. This could become useful to point you back to civilization in case your GPS receiver loses its signal. You don't believe this works? Neither do we. If you give it a try, please share your findings with us!

01:38 PM by Colin Dunstan in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones

PalmAddicts is featuring Alexander Pruss, author of FontSmoother, as Palm OS software developer of the week. Click here to learn more about Alex, the projects he has been involved in, and the applications he wrote by himself.

Speaking of Alex, don't hesitate to invoke deep metaphysical and philosophical conversations, since my informer told me that he loves that stuff almost as much as programming for Palm OS.

01:18 PM by Colin Dunstan in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones

Dell posted a A05 ROM update for its X50 PDA series on its Website, only to pull it again a few hours later. Apparently some Dell employee was too ambitious, because the update is not meant for release before later this month. PPCThoughts was able to grab the announcement and also to post direct FTP download links of the ROMs. New features include:

• Support for LEAP-WAP wireless encryption.
• Increased data transfer rates of SDIO to 19.5MHz on PXA27X C5.
• A new network certification -- GoDaddy SSL certificate root into the ROM image.
• Phase in new updated Bluetooth stack BTW-CE 1.5.0.2601.
• Enhanced Wireless encryption WPA-PSK network under Cisco AP with new IOS version 12.3(2) JA

X50v A05 ROM download
X50 A05 ROM download

My usual advise: don't upgrade if you don't have to. This update doesn't contain any life-threatening new features, and WM 2005 is expected to be released next month.

11:13 AM by zrski in Miscellaneous | Lounge

Hi all, we've just launched PHONifier which is yet another IYHY/Skweezer alternative. It's a mobile surfing proxy that strips webpages of unnecessary code. Best of all, we've released it as an open source project under a creative commons licence.

I'd love to hear what you think.