12:50 PM by Colin Dunstan in Miscellaneous | Lounge

Well, I'm certainly not exaggerating when I say that this is the news story of the day. Following a report by Sunday Business today rumours are spreading fast that US networking hulk Cisco (worth $123bn) is considering acquiring Finnish phonemaker Nokia (worth $71bn). So here we have the world's largest maker of (fixed) infrastructure equipment (Cisco) interested in converging with the world's second-largest provider of mobile network infrastructure (Nokia). Makes sense, doesn't it?

Cisco and Nokia refused to comment. Ok, it's Sunday, I would've been surprised if they did.

[via Pocketfactory (thanks guys!!)]

12:28 PM by MishaS in E-Book Software | Reading and Management

Since there's some interest toward the Maemo/Nokia 770 port of FBReader, I updated the page with new screenshots.

I'd really appreciate your feedback (about both the program and the screenshots).

07:14 AM by Alexander Turcic in Archive | Portable Audio/Video

Porting id Software's classic Doom game to a new and significantly limited platform is a hacker's relief from boredom and an open door to fame. Now some crazy dudes have managed to write a playable port running on iPod Linux (see screenshots). It still lacks certain features such an overhead map and weapon switching. But who cares as long as you can shoot some hideous green-eyed monsters in the face?

This port only works on 1-4G's and Mini 1G/2G. So we're still fantasizing about playing Doom on the iPod Shuffle.

06:46 AM by Alexander Turcic in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones

Mike of Rohdesign, dedicated Palm OS fan and much beloved for his design works, shares his thoughts on the latest rumors about the Windows-Mobile powered Treo 670. In short, he sees - as we do, with a tense nervous headache - a disturbing trend towards the evaporation of Palm OS.

I'm going to guess that Palm OS's future lies in smartphones and semi-smart phones and the shrinking niche of the old-style PDA, but that it will not look anything like it has 'til now. Times are changing...

More over at Rohdesign.

06:32 AM by Alexander Turcic in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones

A user at PalmAddict is speculating whether CompUSA employees already know more about the potential successor of Palm's Treo 650 smartphone: When I asked the sales rep if they had "the Treo" in stock - he volunteered (and i quote): "Which model? 600? 650? 700?"

Read more over at PalmAddict.

06:02 AM by Alexander Turcic in Miscellaneous | Week in Review

Been away? Fear not! Here is your chance to check out what appeared on our frontpage this week:

Current E-Books Trends
2006 a breakout year for e-books?
Audible.com multiplies earnings in Q2 2005
German students greet e-books with enthusiasm
Herald Tribune on how e-books spur sales
Princeton University goes digital - the wrong way

E-Book Conversion
Makedoc: An Online Text to Palmdoc Converter

E-Book Readers
DRM-free e-books for the Sony Librie (how-to)

General Chat
Apple Not Implementing TPM DRM on Intel
Issue #2 of Mobile Ministry Magazine is Available
List of Medical-based PDA forums
PDA247 survey results
Pocket Goddess Update and Device Sale
Redirection script for mobile browsers
Shopping for major discounts at Dell (how-to)
Ten reasons to support the mobile Web

iSilo/X
iSilo 4.28 and iSiloX/C 4.28 enter beta 1

Link Swap
The World: Technology podcasts

New Links
Brand New Dad Mobile
Excelsior Mexican newspaper - mobile edition

Other E-Book Resources
Book2Book mobile e-books discussion
Free comic: Lovecraft Country - Return to Arkham

Other Gadgets
British street artist creative with the Tablet PC
Gamepark GPX2-F100 media player handheld
Playing Doom on a Nokia 770

Other Readers
FBReader 0.6.3 to be ported for Nokia 770
ReadManiac V2.3 Java-based e-book reader

Palm
Another PalmSource executive cashes out
FontSmoother 1.47 for Palm OS released
Leaked photos show Treo 700 running WM
Palm: PDAs still important because of GPS
Palm Addict's 6th Birthday Celebration
PalmAddicts hits podcast #6
PalmAddicts is celebrating with weekend contests
Palm CFO confident about the future
PalmSource Europe DevCon cancelled
PDA24/7 Trip Boss Version Exclusive
TraxItAll tracking tool for Palm OS is on sale
Treo 670 running Windows Mobile - for real!
What's on your Palm Treo 650?

Pocket PC
Confidential Notes for Pocket PC
Current Pocket PC Web browser solutions compared
TCPMP V0.66e test-version
TVGuide 0.6.2.142 for Pocket PC

Smartphones
Moto E790 iTunes phone this month, says USA Today
Moto Q details unveiled on Motorola's website
Windows Mobile gives humanoid new life

WiFi / Bluetooth Technologies
Hacking your neighbor's WiFi? Think twice.
WiFi and Bluetooth on a collision course

09:55 AM by Alexander Turcic in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones

PalmAddicts comes with the news for us this morning that Picard has updated his top multimedia player TCPMP V0.66e. Changelog:

+mjpeg gray-scale support
+minimal jpeg file format support (no progressive support yet)
+better support for enhanched podcasts (m4a with jpeg slideshow)
-avi files with ogg vorbis stream fix
-palmos: external launching fixes (auto fullscreen playback)
-h263 decoding fix

Related: Don't tell anyone, but a South American server is the new host for the AAC plugin which was recently dropped due to copyright issues.

04:50 AM by Laurens in Miscellaneous | Lounge

The World: Technology podcasts. Well-produced and always interesting. Check out the recent podcast about UK hacker Gary MacKinnon.