Tue September 28 2004
DRM-protected e-books: Pro and Contra |
03:15 AM by Alexander Turcic in E-Book General | News In case you have missed it: I heartly invite you to join our ongoing discussion on whether or not it is right to a) DRM-protect e-books and b) crack them again. I personally find it a very interesting discussion on a very controversial subject which is probably puzzling the minds of many PDA owners. |
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Mon September 27 2004
Sunrise 0.3.4 released |
12:00 PM by Laurens in Archive | Sunrise This release introduces the following features:
More info: Sunrise News |
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Another round of free Gmail invites |
11:37 AM by Alexander Turcic in Miscellaneous | Announcements Simply reply to this thread and tell us what you would like to see more at Mobileread.com in future! and tell us something nice Make sure to PM me your e-mail address so that I know where to send the invite to. I have like 12 invites many invites waiting for you and will tell you when I run out of them... this is your chance if you don't have an Gmail account yet |
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PalmSource's Shift to Smartphones |
08:43 AM by Colin Dunstan in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones Who is going to run the show in the future - PDA or smartphone? If you have followed our recent discussion, you know that despite our undisputed love for PDAs, the PDA market is having a tough time these days, while the smartphone segment is heating up (research firm IDC projects that smartphone shipments worldwide will reach 90 million in 2008, up from roughly 17 million this year). 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
Virtual Movie Theatre |
11:00 PM by cbarnett in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones Geekzone have posted an item of interest about Eye-wear that simulates watching a 30' diagonal screen from 6 feet away. While not truly home theatre material yet, the device is light and attractive, and looks like it could penetrate the home market if marketted properly. Here's the press release from the developers, Kopin. Craig. |
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Convert Lit News Updates |
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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Stanford U: Measuring Fair Use |
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
Zodiac Contest at Tapland |
02:32 PM by Bob Russell in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones Shhhhhh... don't tell anyone, but there's an aniversary celebration contest going on at www.tapland.com with a Zodiac1 package up for grabs! 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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