Are you reading?

By fear Liszewski

Today Openmoko declared the availability of the Spring 2010 code update for their WikiReader device. In direct to today including power equations which are rendered as concise ikon images, and updates to its database of 3+ meg Wikipedia articles, the Spring 2010 update also improves the on-screen keyboard with alive key presses kindred to the iPhone, changeful scrolling and a much needed, and much appreciated, backwards ameliorate for backward to previously searched articles. WikiReader owners crapper download the update for free, but if you’re inferior tech-savvy there’s a period subscription assist which includes digit pre-loaded microSD mettlesome for $29.

And countenance for our analyse of the WikiReader, with the updated software, in the achievement weeks.

[ Openmoko WikiReader ]

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We’ve always had a soft spot for the OpenMoko FreeRunner open-source phone, but it looks like quirky and charming weren’t enough — the company’s canceled the handset and laid off 50 percent of its staff in an effort to stay afloat. CEO Sean Moss-Pulz says that work will continue on a new-non-smartphone he’s calling “Plan B,” with plans to work on a new phone in the future — we’re guessing Android might figure prominently into that plan, since it’s already been ported to the hardware and the rumor mill was already churning. We’ll see.

P.S.- Along with the Dash Express, that’s now two different FIC-built Linux devices that have met an untimely demise, and not for lack of effort or enthusiasm — the beginnings of a trend, or merely a coincidence?

[Via PhoneScoop]