MobileRead Week in Review: 04/16 - 04/23

[Alexander Turcic]

Welcome to another digest entry of MobileRead, where we transform the profound into the bite-sized.

Announcements
MR becomes official forum for Vade Mecum

Current E-Books Trends
E-books from Sony Connect vs. Amazon
Fujitsu pushes color e-paper technology
HarperCollins slaps Sony in the face with own e-book plans
Hitachi joins the league of e-paper manufacturers
iRex to present the iLiad reader at Artec in Portugal
Philips spins off Liquavista to start yet another e-paper venture
Quantum Paper claims to revolutionize electronic display/paper industry

E-Book Readers
iRex iLiad delay due to technical webstore issues
iRex iLiad rumor mill continues to spin
Sony Reader supports more e-book formats natively than we thought

E-Book Webstores
eReader this week's 10% discount on e-books
Unofficial FAQ: Sony's CONNECT e-book store

General Chat
Mobile Web surfing on the rise says Face of the Web
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Seiko E Ink watch available on eBay for $3200
Will ads pay for cell phone bills in future?

Other E-Book Resources
Gmail circumvents protected Adobe PDF documents

Palm
"Hollywood" Treo will hit Vodaphone in July
A simple trick to play .wmv files on PalmOS
How do you use your Palm device?
Palm pulls Treo 700w Updater
Palm pushes Treo 700w with latest update
Palm Treo 700p for Verizon Wireless spotted

Pocket PC
Dell may be leaving the PDA market