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micomicon · 11-25-2007, 09:24 AM

Interesting. I knew Mobipocket was an older format, but I didn't realize it was technically inferior. OTOH, there seems to be a much wider selection of Mobi books... earlier today, BooksOnBoard showed the following breakdown:

104,782 - Adobe Reader
60,515 - Mobipocket
36,172 - Microsoft LIT

A few of the titles I'm interested in reading are there... in Mobi format only. There also seems to be a lot of stuff available in Adobe format, hence my interest in having DE available as an option.

In any case, content availability is not a huge issue for me. Like I said in my original post, most of my reading consists of public domain works or stuff I already have access to. I'm sure either device would work fine with these materials.

11-25-2007, 09:24 AM	#8
micomicon Enthusiast Posts: 40 Karma: 200 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: iPad, Sony PRS-505	Interesting. I knew Mobipocket was an older format, but I didn't realize it was technically inferior. OTOH, there seems to be a much wider selection of Mobi books... earlier today, BooksOnBoard showed the following breakdown: 104,782 - Adobe Reader 60,515 - Mobipocket 36,172 - Microsoft LIT A few of the titles I'm interested in reading are there... in Mobi format only. There also seems to be a lot of stuff available in Adobe format, hence my interest in having DE available as an option. In any case, content availability is not a huge issue for me. Like I said in my original post, most of my reading consists of public domain works or stuff I already have access to. I'm sure either device would work fine with these materials.