Mon December 06 2004
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09:28 AM by Alexander Turcic in Archive | Portable Audio/Video
It didn't take long for a hack to show up: iPodWizard allows you to replace fonts and graphics in the firmware and also correct the firmware's checksum accordingly. You must 1. download the iPod Updater |
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07:59 AM by Alexander Turcic in More E-Book Readers | Legacy E-Book Devices
1. Newspaper for LIBRIe converts Internet articles and news to a format readable by the Librie. In addition, since it is RSS compliant, one can select the most recent news from various web sites and create an original information magazine. 2. Toolbar for LIBRIe converts in one click a web page from Internet explorer into a format readable by the Librie. 3. Myclip for LIBRIe allows the user to drag and drop into a single ebook readable on the Librie text portions of websites which the users whishes to keep for further reference. 4. Printer for LIBRIe allows the user to print data stored on a pc in word, excel or pdf format into a file readable by the Librie. Possible usages include proof reading, text checking, or paperless document carrying. [Via Librie Wiki and Sony Downloads] |
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06:04 AM by Alexander Turcic in Miscellaneous | Lounge PC Magazine has come out with a list of "two handfuls of devices to avoid at any cost this holiday season, culled from the worst-scoring products we tested this year." Among the list you find the "fundamentally flawed iPAQ rz1715", which "lacks any of the redeeming qualities" of Dell or Palm's low-end PDAs. I leave it up to you if you agree with their assessment or not |
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05:44 AM by Alexander Turcic in E-Book General | Deals and Resources (No... Jeff Kirvin from Writing On Your Palm is asking for our support. He is currently broke; if you enjoy reading his excellent blog on writing on PDAs, you could help him out with a small Paypal donation. |
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05:37 AM by Alexander Turcic in E-Book General | News
Author Sarah Glazer argues that main driver of the positive shift in the e-book market is the immense growth in cellphones and handheld devices sold. She doesn't neglect to speak also about the convience of e-books:
In one aspect I strongly disagree with Mrs Glazer: E-books are not "significantly cheaper" than paper books. It may be true that a few bestsellers such as the Dan Browns' "Da Vinci Code" sell for a few cents less, but the overall picture is still bleak. There is no justification for selling e-books on a price-level that is just/or almost on par with paper books. E-books can be easily reproduced, they greatly reduce deliver costs, and they don't require any expensive store space. Similar like it is the case with audio cds vs. downloadable MP3, the publishing industry should reconsider its pricing policy in order to make e-books more attractive. Overall this is a good essay that clearly depicts how e-books are slowly, but unstoppable integrating into mainstream. |
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05:11 AM by Alexander Turcic in E-Book General | News
Though I have never heard of FlipAlbum, I am anxious to see how this technology works when it is applied to e-book reader software. |
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Sun December 05 2004
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10:54 AM by Laurens in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones
PalmOne is under intense scrutiny these days, maybe unfairly so. However, for a phone, any serious audio issues (that did not occur with earlier models) are of course totally unacceptable. Let's see how quickly they'll respond to this. |
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10:25 AM by Alexander Turcic in Miscellaneous | Announcements
Sorry for the recent downtime (~24hrs). It took longer to update the forum than we had previously anticipated. Now we are back! If you visit our forums, you'll notice a new category structure. If you have suggestions or comments, now is the best time We are not done with all internal MR changes yet; so expect some more (short!) downtimes next week. A more formal announcement will follow. Thank you, |
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