MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - JetBook or Libre... what's the Practical Diff Anyway?

PodPeople · 03-03-2010, 08:39 AM

I think the Libre is exactly the same size as the original Jetbook. The Jetbook Lite has a protruding cover on the back for its AA batteries. The biggest advantage of the Libre is that it supports Adobe Digital Editions DRM, whereas the Jetbook Lite supports eReader DRM. You need Adobe Digital Editions DRM to download ebooks from most public libraries. The original Jetbook has no DRM support. The Jetbook Lite has a dictionary (rudimentary from what I've heard) while the Libre has no dictionary. The Libre has a serif and a sans serif font, whereas both Jetbooks have two sans serif fonts. Libre and the Jetbooks have different firmware -- the Libre's seems to be more stable. The Libre comes with items that are not shipped with the Jetbook Lite - a nylon case, battery charger, earbuds, 2GB SD card with 100 public domain books on it, and a USB cable. Also, the lettering on the Jetbook Lite is blue while it is white on the Libre.

03-03-2010, 08:39 AM	#3
PodPeople Connoisseur Posts: 94 Karma: 134 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Houston, TX Device: Nook Simple Touch, iPad 3, Kindle 4B	I think the Libre is exactly the same size as the original Jetbook. The Jetbook Lite has a protruding cover on the back for its AA batteries. The biggest advantage of the Libre is that it supports Adobe Digital Editions DRM, whereas the Jetbook Lite supports eReader DRM. You need Adobe Digital Editions DRM to download ebooks from most public libraries. The original Jetbook has no DRM support. The Jetbook Lite has a dictionary (rudimentary from what I've heard) while the Libre has no dictionary. The Libre has a serif and a sans serif font, whereas both Jetbooks have two sans serif fonts. Libre and the Jetbooks have different firmware -- the Libre's seems to be more stable. The Libre comes with items that are not shipped with the Jetbook Lite - a nylon case, battery charger, earbuds, 2GB SD card with 100 public domain books on it, and a USB cable. Also, the lettering on the Jetbook Lite is blue while it is white on the Libre. Last edited by PodPeople; 03-03-2010 at 08:42 AM.