Thread: Cybook gen3 Review
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Old 11-09-2007, 02:02 PM   #11
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Originally Posted by anotherchance View Post
This technique is certainly available for pictures on the Sony Reader PRS-505, so it would work for PDFs just as well if they could only implement it. There must be a reason why it isn't implemented.
I think Sony paid for Adobe to develop the PDF viewer on the PRS500. Adobe's trademark is on the about page, and it wouldn't be there if they didn't have software on the device. The viewer is terrible because Adobe doesn't care about how well it works beyond the minimum function (ithe PRS 500 is not their product).

Bookeen, on the other hand, developed the PDF viewer for the Gen3 on their own from open source tools. They put in all the better features because it is their profit at stake.

Of course, that's just my guess. I could be wrong.
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