06:50 PM by Alexander Turcic in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones

Boeing's in-flight Internet service Connexion finally bears fruit. By the middle of next year, you could be watching live tennis matches and international news programmes on your notebook on Singapore Airlines flights. In a press release Boeing announced that Singapore Airlines has committed to installing Connexion on its long-haul fleet. The service will be available first on the Singapore-London route in the first quarter of next year and eventually be expanded to selected flights worldwide.

Connexion made its debut in May 2004 on German carrier Lufthansa. Other airlines who already ordered the system and/or showed interest were ANA, Japan Airlines, SAS, China Airlines and Korean Air (I don't see any American airlines mentioned). Aircrafts providing the system are equipped with satellite receivers and wireless networks.

As a passenger you will have real-time broadband service that can be used for watching international live TV, connecting to cooperate VPNs, surfing the Internet and checking e-mails - while a friendly cabin crew serves you your meal at 35,000 feet!

Prices look competitive, too. The two initial pricing plans, which will vary depending on flight length, are Flat-Rate (unlimited access, US14.95-$29.95) and Metered Pricing (US$7.95+$0.95/min or US$9.95+$0.25/min).

06:58 AM by Alexander Turcic in E-Book Software | Reading and Management

CHM eBook Reader allows you to view files in the common Windows help format (*.CHM, also known as "compiled HTML") on your Pocket PC.

New in 2.3: Bookmarks handling, user's settings saving, support for dictionaries, CSS on/off option, and various bug fixes.

06:28 AM by Bob Russell in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones

Pocket PC Freeware Sites from David's Freeware Review:

http://www.freewareppc.com/
http://www.snapfiles.com/pocketpc/pocketpcfw.html
http://www.pocketpcsoft.net/php/pagefreeware.php
http://www.bypaul.com/PPCFS/Free-Utilities.htm
http://www.marcusvorwaller.com/weblo...es/000130.html
http://www2r.biglobe.ne.jp/~tascal/d...e.htm#Freeware

PS As a bonus, here are some more tips...

Another favorite freeware site of mine is http://www.pocketpcfreewares.com/en/index.php

And if you're willing to pay a few $s for software, check out the following sites:
www.handango.com
www.pocketgear.com
http://www.pocketpcmag.com/awards/nominees_2004.asp

For smart phones, there is
http://www.pocketpcmag.com/awards/categorysp_2004.asp

For developer software, they have
http://www.pocketpcmag.com/awards/ca...4.asp?catid=46

10:06 PM by Bob Russell in Miscellaneous | Lounge

Aha! We smelled the scent of a deal, and here it is... One month of PalmGear's December Specials and PocketGear's December Specials. (Don't ask me why the URLs are not symmetric!)

Count down to the New Year at PalmGear.com! 'Tis the season, so we are serving up a holiday feast for both you and your handheld this month. Visit PalmGear.com every day in December for special discounts, free downloads and chances to win great prizes!

Today's specials are 10% off on purchases. Some of the upcoming specials or giveaways include the following:

For PalmGear

* FREE Tungsten E loaded with LandWare software
* FREE Tapwave Zodiac multimedia handheld
* $300 Southwest Airlines gift certificates
* FREE 1-year subscription to NetFlix
* $200 Franklin Covey gift card
* $200 Fossil.com gift card
* $150 iTunes gift card
* $150 American Express gift card
* $150 Best Buy gift card
* FREE eBooks from eReader.com
* Plus OVER $1,000 in other prizes!

And for PocketGear

* FREE HP iPAQ loaded with LandWare titles
* FREE 1-year subscription to NetFlix
* $300 worth of Microsoft stock
* $300 Best Buy gift card
* $150 Foot Locker gift card
* FREE Dell Axim X50
* Discounts at PocketGear.com
* $150 iTunes gift card
* $200 Franklin Covey gift card
* FREE eBooks
* AND other great hardware and software discounts

09:40 PM by Brian in E-Book General | Deals and Resources (No...

www.ereader.com is running a December promotion by offering a free ebook for download every day. The only catch is that you have to create an account if you don't have one already.

Spread the word, this promotion could be a great way to expose people to ebooks for the first time with some great free titles.

Brian

[Editor's Note: Thanks for the tip Brian. Consider the word spread! Hmm... I wonder if there's going to be something similar at Palmgear and Pocketgear also? BobR]

09:23 PM by Bob Russell in Archive | Sunrise

If you haven't heard about Sunrise yet, it's an exciting new piece of software that allows you to extract web content into Plucker format which can be viewed with the Plucker reader on PalmOS devices, or the Vade Mecum reader on Pocket PC devices.

If you've been hesitant to give it a try, now's the time! You can take advantage of an online Sunrise tutorial available at http://palmattitude.org/guides/Sunrise/ . It has been praised by none less than the author of Sunrise himself at Sunrise News.

Just in case you don't speak French, you can get a translation using either
Google language tools or Babelfish Translation.

(via Sunrise News and Shoji)

07:21 PM by Colin Dunstan in Archive | iSilo/X

Great news for all of us iSilo fans: Darren released iSilo and iSiloX V4.2 Beta today!

New highlights of the reader iSilo:
- Added image map support.
- Beta of iSilo on the Symbian UIQ platform, to lead to the first release of iSilo on that platform.
- Addressing of miscellaneous issues.
Detailed list of changes.

New highlights of the the convertor iSiloX:
- Added RSS conversion capability (GREAT!!!)
- Added handling of image maps.
- Addressing of miscellaneous issues
Detailed list of changes.

07:10 PM by Bob Russell in Miscellaneous | Lounge

This bit of news almost makes up for the rotten customer service I've gotten recently from Handango. (A story for another day!)

Our favorite Palm news source, Palm Addict, is reporting a promotion going on over at Handango. They are offering a free software program each week through the end of January, 2005.

It seems that there is a program for Palm and one for Pocket PC. I've got both kinds of devices so I browsed both device tabs and by clicking on the free app a week giveaway logo, I apparently got one of each.

They look like real apps, not "free stuff that we give you free as our special deal!" One was PocketCook and the other was QuoteMaster. I assume that PocketCook was for Palm and QuoteMaster was for PPC, but I'm not really sure yet to be honest because the site was a little confusing to me. But if you have a smart phone be sure to add a smart phone device to your Handango device list and see if there's something else there for you!

While you're there, pick another program to buy if you see something you like.. it's always good to reward a company that's doing something nice!