Fri December 24 2004
Teleread excited about Cybook |
04:31 PM by Colin Dunstan in More E-Book Readers | Legacy E-Book Devices Teleread has an in-depth review of the Cybook, a dedicated e-book reader with a 10" color LCD screen. This is the second in-depth review I've read, and it tries to make the Cybook look much better than the first. The review dissected for you in a few words: Pros: Cons: What is interesting is that Teleread is so "ohhh that is so great" about this reader. I must admit I have never seen the Cybook myself, but after reading aRMiTaG3's hands-on review two months ago, I have serious doubts that this dedicated reader would make my life any better. Common guys, you think it is a minor problem to get dust under the screen? Even if you try a rudimentary fix, purchasing a second stylus and keeping it inside the reader (where should I then put my first stylus when I don't use the reader?), it is a serious quality problem if dust can enter underneath your device screen. I had one of the first Sony Clie PDAs, and its screen was so full with dust particles that it literally drove me nuts. I am not intending to go up the walls again. I also don't think that the price of $499 is a "bargain", considering that all you can do with this reader is, well reading e-books. I don't see the justification for this price tag. The technology is outdated, there is no PCMCIA/CF adapter included, and the integrated memory is definitely not enough for any serious e-book fan. Although I cannot share your excitement, I still thank you for the honest review! Update, 8:35 a.m. (EST), Christmas Day: Thanks to David from Teleread for the quick follow-up. He will talk to Bookeen again regarding the dust problem that I personally find rather discouraging. Again I admit I haven't had a chance to play with this gadget, so I may be completely wrong with my resentment. I'd be curious to hear what you think after reading the two reviews! |
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FpseCE 0.09.3 free Playstation 1 emulator |
04:00 PM by Colin Dunstan in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones Originally converted from Fpse, FpseCE is a free Sony Playstation 1 emulator for Pocket PC. While FpseCE 0.10 is on its way, 0.09.3 already offers some remarkable news such as: See here for a compatibility list of the emulator for the windows version. |
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PalmGear 10% NewYear Discount |
03:52 PM by Colin Dunstan in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones PalmGear is offering a 10% coupon on all purchases. Simply enter the code NEWYEAR into the site-wide promotional code field at checkout to redeem your 10% coupon. [via PalmAddicts] |
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Thu December 23 2004
WebIS Mail 2.06 for free at Handango this week |
07:42 PM by Alexander Turcic in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones If you are looking for a decent e-mail client replacement, you should visit Handango, who is giving out WebIS Mail 2.06 - from the makers of Pocket Informant - for free this week! Once you sign up with Handango, you should receive your registration code within 5 minutes of making the free order. Edit: A beta of a VGA-compatible version (2.1) is available here. |
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A Merry Christmas from Mobileread |
07:31 PM by Alexander Turcic in Miscellaneous | Announcements On behalf of the staff of Mobileread, I would like to thank everybody for browing our web site, for your contributions, and for the feedback and suggestions you have provided us throughout this year. I would also like to take this opportunity to publicly thank our editors for their tiredless work: Bob, Sunshine, Jess, Zire71man, Morpheus, Craig, Thierry, Ignatz - I could not have done this without you! I hope everyone will join me in a big 'thank you' for all their amazing help! A Blessed Merry Christmas and a Happy (and Healthy) New Year to everyone. Alex |
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See the best of FreewarePPC |
06:10 PM by Bob Russell in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones Jonathan Aquino has extracted the program comments and ratings from the site to give a glimpse at the best of the software available. Check it out at Johathan Aquino's Mental Garden. Note also that Palm has more software available, and bragging rights... FreewarePalm lists 6277 freeware programs (via Palm Addict) |
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See the best of FreewarePalm |
06:08 PM by Bob Russell in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones Jonathan Aquino has extracted the program comments and ratings from the site to give a glimpse at the best of the software available. Check it out at Johathan Aquino's Mental Garden. Note also that Palm has more software available, and bragging rights... FreewarePalm lists 6277 freeware programs (via Palm Addict) |
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Pocket Informant 5 Review at PDA247 |
04:05 AM by Alexander Turcic in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones Neil Brown wrote an in-depth review of Pocket Informant 5, (in my opinion) the best PIM software for Pocket PC. His conclusion:
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