Mon September 27 2004
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08:43 AM by Colin Dunstan in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones
So far Symbian has dominated the smartphone market. I personally hate Symbian. It is slow and it doesn't offer the flexibility that I know from more advanced operation systems like Palm OS. Fortunately or not (depends on how you see the future), PalmSource is slowly shifting towards smartphones now, as newest licensing arrangements with smartphone players like Kyocera and Samsung reveal. Today I found an interesting NYT article which states that PalmSource plans to announce tomorrow its first operating system designed specifically for smartphones. PalmSource said its software would be available in 11 smartphones without naming the manufacturers. "We are reinventing the company," said David Nagel, PalmSource's chief executive, in an interview during a recent European tour. The company is betting that the same ease of use that made the Palm a popular hand-held organizer will draw people to phones using the software. In other words, PalmSource clearly wants to be part of the smartphone hype. Let's only hope that it won't abandon its original roots and leave palmOne without a future operation system. |
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Sun September 26 2004
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11:00 PM by cbarnett in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones
Here's the press release from the developers, Kopin. Craig. |
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12:00 PM by Colin Dunstan in Miscellaneous | Lounge I just stumbled over two interesting news updates regarding Convert LIT:
In case you haven't heard of Convert Lit yet: |
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09:37 AM by doctorow in Miscellaneous | Lounge Since we recently had the discussion on DRM-protected e-books and whether or not it is OK for you to use cracking tools to remove the protection, I found this very interesting and relevant page at Standford University: Measuring Fair Use: The Four Factors The article discusses four factors whether a particular use is a fair use or not: Great read and it should help some concerned minds to decide what to do about their private use of e-books. |
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Fri September 24 2004
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02:32 PM by Bob Russell in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones
A preview of the contest with some preliminary information is available at http://tapland.com/news_arc/?id=536 but you'll have to wait until tonite for complete entry and prize details. Contest ends Monday, 9/27 at 11:59pm EST.
BTW, Tapland is a very nice site with some great PalmOS info beyond just the Zodiac world, and excellent editorials. Some of the inside scoop, for example, includes a story that shows some very early and very interesting original sketches of potential designs. Be sure to check them out every now and then! Be careful... too much exposure to the Zodiac gaming handheld and you might just run down to your local CompUSA to get one! |
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11:40 AM by Mobipocket in E-Book General | Deals and Resources (No...
Also, when an eBook is part of a Series, you will see a see the list of series. Some examples: |
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04:55 AM by Colin Dunstan in E-Book General | Deals and Resources (No... eReader.com offers for a limited time all three e-books of Neil Stephenson's Baroque trilogy (Quicksilver, The Confusion, and The System of the World) for the price of two ($39.90). This is a great deal if you are interested in finding out more about Stephenson's magnificient portrayal of the 1714+ baroque era. I bought The System of the World yesterday, and now I can hardly concentrate at work, so eager I am to finish reading it! |
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03:51 AM by Colin Dunstan in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones
Toshiba confirms that it is leaving the U.S. handheld market, plus according to enterprise customers in Europe, Toshiba representatives told them that Toshiba will be out of the handheld market by the end of the year. It also means that Toshiba has no plans to release its e830 in the US. First Sony, now Toshiba. This leaves only Dell and Asus in the market for PPC with VGA displays. And who knows, maybe it is only question of time before they leave as well? |
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