05:17 AM by Colin Dunstan in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones

Today PalmSource marked the beginning of the 3GSM World Congress 2005 with a series of press releases highlighting the momentum the company continues to build in the mobile market. PalmSource:

- launches four new software offerings (press release)
- welcomes new smartphone from GSPDA (press release)
- highlights new Palm OS wireless applications (press release)
- announces new Palm Powered Mobile World partner Qualphone (press release)

03:28 AM by Alexander Turcic in Miscellaneous | Lounge

There're still a lot of unused Gmail invites waiting for you. Click here and browse through the thread if you still need one!

11:57 AM by Bob Russell in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones

It seems that Nintendo is planning to add PDA tools to the DS. Here's one first look at the Nintendo DS. If you're not yet familiar with it. It's a dual screen portable gaming device that will compete with Sony's PSP.

This is one type of convergent device that I would love to see. But remember that not all plans come to fruition, so we'll have to keep an eye on this one.

(Via Palm Addicts. If you want to stay informed about the Palm world, make it a daily read!)

11:13 AM by STBXXL in Archive | Sunrise

I just read that Laurens reconsidered his earlier decision to drop the PalmOS version of his Sunrise viewer:

After long deliberation I've decided to restart work on the PalmOS version of my viewer. (Earlier I had decided to abandon work on the PalmOS version.) The main reason for reversing my decision is that the existing Sunrise userbase is almost entirely PalmOS-based. From a business standpoint, it would be foolish to just ignore all these users. Also, many people have asked me to reconsider, so I know there is demand for my product.

Click here to read his full statement. That is in fact fantastic news. Thank you very much and keep up the good work. I'm looking forward seeing it released in the future.

08:57 AM by Colin Dunstan in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones

Mobile Stream announces the release of Landscape 1.0 which allows to owners of the popular Sony CLIE NX/NZ/TH PDA series to run applications in landscape mode. The utility implements the standard PalmSource Pen Input Manager API 1.1. This means that any application that works in landscape mode on Tungsten T|3, Tungsten T|5 or Zodiac handhelds will also work in landscape mode on Sony CLIE handhelds.

We already anounced it earlier; now you can download a working demo or directly purchase MobileStream LandScape for US $19.95.

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

My goodness, is it Sunday again? Well, for those of you who've missed the highs and lows of MobileRead over the past seven days, this is your one-way ticket to catch up:

Announcements
Happy Birthday Craig!

Current E-Books Trends
Why to read e-books on your PDA

E-Book Conversion
MapQuester World Atlas Conversion Tool

E-Book Readers
Cybook firmware upgrade next month

General Chat
Linux emergencing as the mobile platform choice
Quick Tip: Make A Windows Instructional Video

iSilo/X
iSilo 4.25 and iSiloX/C 4.25 enter beta1

Other Gadgets
20lbs of Battery Shrunk to 8ozs!
Noreve high quality leather cases
Wi-Fi Blackberry 7270 hits the market

Other Readers
OpenBerg e-book reader supports OEBPS 1.2

Palm
More and more evidence that the T3 is discontinued
Next palmOne device with a flexible screen?
PDAMill's role-play game Arvale now for Palm OS
PDA Upgrades - When And How
Shape Shifter (a short review)
Switched On (Engadget) discusses the "death" of PDAs
TI to launch smartphone based on Cobalt

Pocket PC
Asus MyPal A730W PDA reviewed
Dell X50v ROMs A01 and A02 file comparison
Ego-Shooter Cube for Dell Axim X50v released
Game Flashback port for Pocket PC
MagicButton 1.8 released
PocketTV V1.03 optimized for Intel 2700G

Portable Audio/Video
Archos PMA430 demonstration video
Article: Converting a DVD for PDA Viewing
New iPod Accessory: Stereo Luggage
Portable Media Player Offered by American Airlines

Smartphones
i-Mate I Skype U
IBM Forecasts Spread of Mobile Computing Viruses for 2005
Nokia and RealNetworks collaborate

08:45 AM by Alexander Turcic in Miscellaneous | Announcements

I wish our long-time MR editor Craig a warm and loving Happy Birthday!

Craig has been part of MR for almost two years, and I am sure without you, Craig, MR would not be the same today.

Thank you!

08:31 AM by Alexander Turcic in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones

I recently performed a ROM upgrade on my Axim X50v and although I had to reinstall all my software and PIM data, I think this was a small price to pay given the improvements in card and display performance. Curious as I am, I extracted the files of both ROMs (A01 and A02) and compared the content. As the first result of my analysis, here is a list of files that were affected by the upgrade:

kernel region
ddi_powervr.dll GPE driver
keybddr.dll Keyboard driver
touch.dll Touchscreen driver

misc region
BTuartDMA.dll Bluetooth UART driver
bvd_udc_ser.dll USB-Serial driver?
ddi.dll LCD display driver
Frontlight.dll Blacklight driver
gxdma.dll GAPI emulation?
libGLES_CL.dll OpenGL ES-CL driver
Mirror.exe Dualdisplay driver
MyCPL.cpx Odyssey Client CPL
OemNotify.dll OEM-specific notifications driver
pcmcia.dll PCMCIA (CF) driver
wavedev.dll Audio Wave driver
WLAN_Utility Dell WLAN Utility
XSCSDCard.dll SDIO driver

misc3 region
Backlight.exe Dell Backlight Utility
PowerExe.exe Battery Power Management
SwitcherBar.exe SwitcherBar Launcher
SystemInfo.exe System Information
tiacxwln.dll NDIS WiFi Driver
Tone.exe Audio Control Panel
WirelessOnOff.exe WiFi On/Off Utility

xipkernel region
battdrvr.dll Battery low-level Driver
nk.exe Windows CE Kernel Driver