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Old 04-02-2009, 12:12 PM   #35
Steven Lyle Jordan
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Originally Posted by DaleDe View Post
ePUB is way too complicated to avoid compatibility issues. The standard requires lots of support and anything short of a full browser on a computer with a 2 GigaHertz processor and 1 Gig of RAM will not be able to support it fully. Certainly the class of devices currently being used as eBook readers are way under powered to support ePUB fully the way it is defined.

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Though I'm a bit dubious about the level of tech needed to run a basic ePub file, given the evolution of hardware and software, that should not be an obstacle to any dedicated device producer for very long.

If a PC only needs a 500MHz processor and 128MB RAM to run DE (according to Adobe), a dedicated reader shouldn't need more than a comparable amount of power to display an ePub file.
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