12:43 PM by Alexander Turcic in Miscellaneous | Lounge

I've uploaded a few photos which I shot earlier today from inside the city walls of Dubrovnik. The photos were shot with a Nikon D100 SLR camera and postprocessed in Adobe Photoshop.

Would you like to see more? I could upload random shots from time to time. Of course I don't want to bore you with my fanastic summer here, with days that are warm, long and filled with seemingly endless hours of bright sunshine. *grin*

10:02 AM by pruss in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones

My antialiased font utility has been updated to include a small "Quick Make Font" utility. Just double click on "Quick Make Font", choose a base font, and font packages in Fonts4OS5, FontSubst, FontHackV, eReader Pro (=FontHack) and Mobipocket formats are generated in FontSmoother's _fonts directories. This is no replacement for EasyConvert, but is nice if you don't want to do additional downloads or want to generate multiple font formats at once.

http://www.palmgear.com/index.cfm?xyz=90288
http://www.zlthemes.com/Programs.php

06:39 AM by Colin Dunstan in Miscellaneous | Lounge

A new discussion over at PalmAddicts contemplates whether we depend too much on the PDA. There are many differing opinions on the advancement of technology but there are really two main sides to the issue. One side is enthusiastic and ready for new progress and change, while the other side can see the value of technology but is more cautious and wary of the changes technology brings to society as a whole.

Do you think society in general has benefited from the advancements of PDA technology in what PocketPC and Palm devices do today?

06:17 AM by Colin Dunstan in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones

Engadget has the scoop on Motorola's forthcoming E790 Apple iTunes cell phone with two actual live shots. Knowing Apple I thought it would look a lot cooler than just a regular Motorola phone. The anonymous tipster didn't reveal much more except that this phone might be a production sample and is shipped with a 128MB TransFlash card.

PS: Engadget, what is that with the ugly watermark? Wasn't it you who was always complaining about other sites ruining images with watermarks? Tsk, tsk!

06:01 AM by Colin Dunstan in Miscellaneous | Lounge

Mobile GMaps is a free Java J2ME software that brings Google Maps and Keyhole satellite imagery to mobile devices. MGMaps runs on any device that supports CLDC 1.0 and MIDP 1.0 or later. The vast majority of GSM phones sold in the last three years support Java/J2ME, so unless you are using an antique phone, this shouldn't be an issue (supported devices).

To install MGMaps, visit its WAP site from your phone.

05:30 PM by Bob Russell in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones

From Blue Nomad: If you use Backup Buddy VFS Pro, they recommend that you upgrade to the 3.1 version. It's a free upgrade for current v3 users. I just did the upgrade and it was extremely simple. Just download the file from http://www.bluenomad.com/bbvfs/bbvfspro.zip and install on top of the current version.

If you have a copy on your expansion memory card (so that you can restore from the card), then when you do the first backup with the new version, it will remind you that the card copy needs to be upgraded also, and offers to do it with the press of an on-screen button. Couldn't be simpler. You'll find that the first backup is a bit slower, just like when you first installed the program.

We are very excited to announce the release of BackupBuddyVFS Professional 3.1! This new release contains many important bug fixes and some new features as well. Please see below for download and installation instructions as well as important compatibility information. We strongly recommend that ALL users upgrade.

More information is available as follows, but please check with the bluenomad web site for the most current details.

PLEASE NOTE: this release is a FREE upgrade to users of BackupBuddyVFS 3 ONLY.
If you're using an older version of BackupBuddyVFS (e.g. 2.x) or received
BackupBuddyVFS Personal with your purchase of BackupBuddy for Windows and would
like to purchase an upgrade to the 3.0 version, please see below for information
on how to obtain a 50% discount for the upgrade.

Finally, there is no update for the Personal version of BackupBuddyVFS at this
time.

***NEW RELEASE DETAILS***

* Users may now select which card to backup to on devices with more than one
memory card slot

* Backup and Restore of the T5 internal drive (!) is now supported

* Backup of databases with records > 64K is supported, which will
allow backup/restore of Photo/Videos on T3/T5/TE2/T650 and the
Treo650 "VoiceDial" application

* Advanced screen now adds new files to the backup set automatically

* Many important bug fixes, including:
Several issues relating to compression and encryption
"Last Backup" being incorrectly set to "NEVER"
No longer will soft-reset if no card is mounted on the T5
Wireless updating (via "About" screen) for future updates

TUNGSTEN T5/TREO 650 SUPPORT This build includes further refinements to backup
and restore but we have confirmed with PalmOne that there are some issues with
the NVFS implementation that require a patch from to completely resolve. We
recommend that all T5 users download and install the T5 patch that is available
here:

http://www.palmone.com/us/support/do...nt5update.html

Treo 650 users should also check and be sure your Treo is up to date. See this
page for some Treo 650 updates and patches:

http://www.palminfocenter.com/view_story.asp?ID=7913

Alternatively T5/T650 users may want to try a program called "DBCache Tool"
which you may download here:

http://www.jade.dti.ne.jp/~imazeki/palm/DBcT/

English information on DBCache Tool can be found here:

http://www.1src.com/forums/showthrea...t=86635&page=1

LIFEDRIVE SUPPORT We are aware that this release contains some remaining issues
with the new PalmOne LifeDrive and we are working to resolve them. Please
contact beta@bluenomad.com if you'd like to help with beta testing.

***NEW RELEASE DOWNLOAD & INSTALLATION INFORMATION***

You may download the update here:

http://www.bluenomad.com/bbvfs/bbvfspro.zip

Since BackupBuddyVFS Professional uses registration keys, you do not need a
separate "registered" version nor will you need to reinstall your registration
key. There is no need to delete your current version before upgrading and all
your important backup files will be preserved intact. Download a new version and
install over your current version 3 BackupBuddyVFS Pro to upgrade.
BackupBuddyVFS must be installed to the device main memory (RAM).

08:01 AM by Colin Dunstan in E-Book Software | Reading and Management

In the following slideshow presentation Roger Sperberg explains how to develop Plucker e-books for the forthcoming Nokia 770 using the Plucker distiller. Nice presentation, though only partially inspirational since Roger talks more about how to navigate an e-book reader than about the actual e-book transformation process.

[via Teleread.org]

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

If you've been too busy to check out MobileRead this week, check out our usual roundup:

Current E-Books Trends
Are e-books the future?

E-Book Conversion
TinyStock's PDF2Doc conversion tool

E-Book Readers
Cybook PDF viewer beta
Sony Librie as a virtual game board

E-Book Webstores
RSS feed for eReader's e-book promotion

General Chat
Bookbutler online book meta-search engine
Do you sweat with your PDA?
Ewan Spence Makes Mainstream Media!
Greetings from Dubrovnik
Laplink Software takes a stand on P2P technology
My Awesome Ebay Story
Podcasts on your handheld (how-to)
Supreme Court Rules Against Grokster

MobiPocket
Mobipocket Reader V5.0 Beta released

Other E-Book Resources
"Stranger Things Happen" in iSilo format
"The Art and Science of Web Design" free download
Podiobooks.com to subscribe to audiobooks as podcasts
War of the Worlds in Plucker format

Other Gadgets
RIM quarterly profit more than doubles yet disappoints
Sandisk BookLocker aka FlashCP DRM-based USB stick

Palm
Mossberg reviews the PalmOne LifeDrive
PalmOne scores a quarterly profit thanks to Treo device
PalmOne Zire21 wins Catalyst Award 2005
PalmSource posts 4Q profits and to cut jobs
Plug Forward Express 1.1 For Treo
Quicknews Endorsement
Tapping the Market: How powerful should a PDA be?
The Awkward Smart Phone Grows Up
Trip Boss & Date Wheel Bundle Deal
Win a PalmOne LifeDrive from PalmGear

Pocket PC
Dell Axim X50(v) A04 ROM update
Egress V2.3.0 adds Bloglines and NewsGator support
Motorola's WM-based "RAZRberry" aka "Franklin" details
Opera 8 for WM 2003 Smartphones released
ozLooxSpeaker enables VoIP speaker for PocketLoox
Plumbin Frenzy released for Pocket PC
Pocket Slides 30% Off
PPC Mag's Best Software Awards 2005 nomination
TCPMP/Betaplayer sets standards with AVC support

Portable Audio/Video
iPod poses a security risk (including how-to)
iTunes 4.9 released - with podcasting support!
Playaway self-playing audiobook player
Why Not "Reverse Podcasts" for iPod?

Smartphones
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