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
FreewarePPC lists 1025 freeware programs
That's about 6 times as much software for PalmOS than PPC!

(via Palm Addict)

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
FreewarePPC lists 1025 freeware programs
That's about 6 times as much software for PalmOS than PPC!

(via Palm Addict)

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:

As usual, I am not going to mince my words- download this application now. HP made an excellent decision by including this in the iPAQ 4700 ROM, and, if you place any reliance on the PocketOutlook tools, I am certain that you will obtain benefit from PocketInformant. The sheer number of options available is overwhelming, and many of these are incredibly useful- for me, the crunch test was whether I would become more organised through using this software, and, yes I did. I found the PocketOutlook method positively clunky after experiencing the interface of PI, and the ability to see appointment details in month view is invaluable. Overall, I am full of praise for this application- it does everything that it says it will, and more besides. I urge you to download the trial- but do be prepared to purchase the full version as a result. Highly recommended.

05:49 PM by Francesco in Miscellaneous | Lounge

Today I discovered this wonderful site for geeks. I mean, IF a geek ever comes to MobileRead.

The name is Hack a Day and you can find it here:
http://www.hackaday.com/

What's in there? Well, mostly tips to modify the inteded behaviour of your electronic devices, a.k.a. hacks.
Also you might find how to build your own (monster) gadgets, or news about hacks done by experts that might one day benefit you.

A few examples are:
- get your sprint treo 650 to work on verizon (http://www.hackaday.com/entry/1234000493023729/)
- make your own dance dance revolution mat (http://www.hackaday.com/entry/1234000910023874/)
- project nitro, using your nintendo ds over the web (http://www.hackaday.com/entry/1234000533024456/)

And a special (but not so impressive, though) hack for our admin, and some of the people who has yielded to the temptations of the dark side:
- enable dell x50 series pocket pc secret software (http://handhelds.hackaday.com/entry/1234000540023314/)

Sorry for the lousy formatting. But... I just don't feel like doing it right!

Be sure to check the index to find hacks related to your most beloved device.

11:31 AM by Colin Dunstan in E-Book General | News

Cambridge (UK)-based Plastic Logic is to work with US firm E Ink to produce what could be the nearest computing has yet got to electronic paper.

Plastic Logic has demonstrated a screen that can bend to a radius of 5mm, a format that would enable its use in mobile displays that scroll out like a roll-top desk - if the flexing can be done repeatedly.

It has also signed a deal with Siemens to develop flexible screens for mobiles. It is expected that the Siemens deal will involve OLED or LCD rather than E-Ink screens, which have only four greyscale levels. The company says it will be able to offer 100dpi resolution E-Ink screens in 2005 and up to 150dpi the following year, when A4 (21x29.7cm) screens will also be available.

Click here to read the official press release.

[via Personal Computer World]

11:11 AM by Colin Dunstan in Archive | Portable Audio/Video

PodReader is an open-source OS X application that takes electronic texts and "intelligently" parses them into a series of text blocks that can be read on Apple's iPod.

Still in the early stages of development, it is planned to rapidly mature into an application tailored for PDA-type functionality to include reading of various types of electronic media. Ports to Linux and Win32 are planned.

You can download the application from here. Related to PodReader are two articles (here and here) which explain how to build an e-book reader for iPod.

05:32 AM by Alexander Turcic in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones

Opera for Mobile is a full Internet browser that allows you to browse any Web site from your mobile smartphone device.

The Opera 7.60 Technical Preview 2 (TP2) release is only for Smartphone 2003. It will not work on Smartphone 2002 or Pocket PC devices. It will expire on 03/31/05.

The TP2 has been tested on the following hardware:
* HTC Tanager (aka Orange SPV-E200, Qtek 8080, I-Mate SP2 etc.)
* HTC Typhoon (aka Orange SPV-C500, T-Mobile SDA, Audiovox SMT-5600, Qtek 8010, I-mate SP3 etc.)

You can either download the preview or first review the changelog.

05:26 PM by Alexander Turcic in Miscellaneous | Lounge

It has been quiet around Gmail invites for some time and I know that there are still people wanting one. This is why I am happy to inform you that I have NINE we have THIRTEEN SEVENTEEN new invites ready to hand out to our dear Mobileread members.

If you want an invite, please reply to this thread. Make sure that
- you are a registered member, and
- that you don't post your e-mail address in public (you would be spammed with guarantee). Instead, PM me your e-mail so I can send you the invite.

The only thing I ask you in return is to tell us in this thread how often and why you visit Mobileread.