07-26-2007, 09:41 PM | #16 | |
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New customer Here
After the run around I have gotten from Sony trying to get them to ship the reader, I can't wait to get a Cybook. Plus, I like the fact they support mobipocker and I LOVE this part:
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I am just going to cancel the order on my Reader and wait a few more months for the Cybook. I will pay $350 for it. Sony can eat my dust. Last edited by Lov2Read; 07-26-2007 at 09:43 PM. |
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07-26-2007, 09:47 PM | #17 |
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While all of you Cybook owners are using DRM based MobiPocket formatted books, I'll stick with my DRM free LRF books. Of course, if I had a device that uses MobiPocket, I'd also have DRM free books for that too.
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07-26-2007, 09:57 PM | #18 |
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OooOOOOooooo! (to quote Les Nesman.) That means that, since ePub is HTML-based, you can add ePub e-books to it in the future (with maybe a bit of conversion work). Nice!
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07-26-2007, 10:03 PM | #19 |
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Of course, you do know that Digital Editions books will be filled with this horrible thing called DRM. So good luck going DE to HTML.
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07-26-2007, 10:15 PM | #20 |
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if MobiPocket on the Cybook Gen3 has dictionary support, does that mean it will have hyphenation support as well?
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07-26-2007, 11:02 PM | #21 |
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Quick question - Palm format? .pdb?
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07-27-2007, 12:47 AM | #22 |
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Palm format is .prc.
Although I don't doubt that somewhere along the line, support for Palm .pdb and other formats will probably be worked in. I'd like to see FB2 format, and if it is *NOT* proprietary, I wonder if we can't somehow shoehorn in support for LRF. I'll have to ask.
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07-27-2007, 06:26 AM | #23 |
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reading .epub
First, of all, yippee! I plan to be one of the first buyers!
will it read .epub format out of the box? Will it display images with the hirsc attribute? What about .jpegs? http://www.mobipocket.com/dev/articl...ile=images.htm How would it fare with pdf's formatted for the Sony Reader? Last edited by rjnagle; 07-27-2007 at 06:34 AM. |
07-27-2007, 07:41 AM | #24 |
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They cracked .lit DRM. There's always hope that the industry at-large will give up on DRM, as many independents already have. But if Cybook will support ePub, that'll work too.
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07-27-2007, 07:48 AM | #25 |
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07-27-2007, 07:58 AM | #26 |
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I wonder how many people are going to get hand-me-down Sony Readers once the Cybook Gen3 comes out? I'm still waiting for my $49 Reader to come in, but I'll probably pass that on to the wife, look at getting a Cybook, and sell my eb1150. The simple fact that it'll read many formats natively is sweet!
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07-27-2007, 08:45 AM | #27 |
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This may have already been mentioned in this thread and I missed it, but from where will the Cybook be purchased? NAEB? Retailers? Online website? Or perhaps this hasn't been decided yet?
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07-27-2007, 09:03 AM | #29 |
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This may be the wrong thread to ask but:
How fast startup time of this thing is going to be? Anything on the real batterylife? I know Bokeen states 8000 pageturns but, well, we have had statements like that before... Is there going to be a hibernate function? The answers to these 3 question could well decide if this device is going to be an Iliad killer or not. |
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