Stanza iPhone ebook reader updated to version 1.8

Popular Apple iPhone ebook reader, Stanza has just been given an update according to justanotheriphoneblog. Stanza version 1.8 now gets a sexy new icon along with several other changes and upgrades:

• Ability to adjust brightness by swiping the screen up and down


• Page bookmarking - simply tap the corner to doggy-ear the page.


• Themes support - no longer you need to read text on the white background.


• Word definitions

Apple hit with lawsuit over iPhone as e-book reader

Apple appears to be getting hit with a suit over the exploding e-book market. Multiple sources are reporting that a Swiss communications firm, Monec Holding, has filed suit in a Virginia district court. Monec accuses the iPhone maker of "patent infringement, unfair trade practices, monopolization, and tortious interference for allegedly treading on its January 2002 patent No. 6,335,678 titled 'Electronic device, preferably an electronic book.'"

Apparently, last year Monec also sued HP for patent infringement.

Apple Insider says Monec's beef centers on "Apple's move to distribute digital book reading applications through the App Store, which it subsequently sees as an endorsement by the Cupertino-based company that its touch-screen handset can serve as a capable eBook reader."