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Originally Posted by krischik
Just when i thought that Amazon won the war for world (eBook) dominations Sony does come to the rescue. I have given up hope already. It is not the just devices why I thought Amazon would win. It is the apps for iPhone and Android. Sure everybody reading mobobiread will have eInk and nothing else. But we the mobiread readers are connoisseurs. The vast majority is not.
For that I think the availability of apps for mobile phones are very important. Amazon has then. B&N has them. Apple has then. ePUB/ADE did not have them. For this I thought ePUB/ADE might die. As in die before DRM dies. As in die before a strong competition to Amazon will emerge.
But now there is at least some hope. If the rumored iPhone / Android apps will emerge.
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Ummm, I am pretty sure that Kobo's ereader App supported any books that were encrypted with Adobe DRM, not just Kobo purchased books. In addition, are you sure that the nook ereader App doesn't support it as well? The nook itself does.
The long and the short of the success of app will be, I think, how easily it lets users obtain content. One of the big handicaps that Sony has always had is that their software and their ebook store is not easy to use. If that doesn't change, I don't see them catching up with the Nook, let alone the Kindle.
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Bill