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GreenMonkey · 10-25-2010, 02:51 AM

1) Almost no e-readers support LIT natively. It's an outdated format. Originally introduced during the 90s!! Think PocketPCs and Windows 98.

2) DOC files - I'm sure this would require Microsoft licensing, or at least extensive backwards engineering? Doubtful. And a modern doc supports all sorts of crazyness that isn't text or pictures. RTF? Tough to find (I think Sony Readers?). No e-reader is very great at PDF - it's not a reflowable format - only works well on a big screen. Think of it more like a photo of a page than the text itself (simplistic explanation).

4) I dunno why the hangup on external, can't help you too much here. E-readers have so much memory space for books (books are very small) you don't really even need the SD card slot. It's nice to have if you decide to do heavy mp3, pdf or audiobooks ...but hardly part of the core e-reader experience. 7GB of books is a lot of books to carry around. That's like what, 20,000 or something? Seriously?

5) The Nook, the Kindle, and I think the Sony readers all use standard Micro-B USB. It's the new upcoming standard in Europe, and is used in a lot of phones and such already here in the U.S. Personally I prefered Mini USB as it was easier to plug in...but at least it's a standard cable. You can buy them for like $1 at monoprice.com.

9) I think the Nook supports 16GB micro-SDHC. Not many portable devices still using full size SD. I think micro is more power efficient (and smaller...good on small devices).

The Kobo has an external slot, I believe, but the old Kobo only supported up to 4GB cards. A quick google search finds that the new Kobo *might* have support for up to 32GB SDHC cards...

This hang up on an external card slot seems a bit strange. You can always plug in via USB...and carrying around thousands upon thousands of books seems like a bit of overkill.

10-25-2010, 02:51 AM	#2
GreenMonkey DRM hater Posts: 945 Karma: 2066176 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Michigan Device: Nook ST glow, Kindle Voyage	1) Almost no e-readers support LIT natively. It's an outdated format. Originally introduced during the 90s!! Think PocketPCs and Windows 98. 2) DOC files - I'm sure this would require Microsoft licensing, or at least extensive backwards engineering? Doubtful. And a modern doc supports all sorts of crazyness that isn't text or pictures. RTF? Tough to find (I think Sony Readers?). No e-reader is very great at PDF - it's not a reflowable format - only works well on a big screen. Think of it more like a photo of a page than the text itself (simplistic explanation). 4) I dunno why the hangup on external, can't help you too much here. E-readers have so much memory space for books (books are very small) you don't really even need the SD card slot. It's nice to have if you decide to do heavy mp3, pdf or audiobooks ...but hardly part of the core e-reader experience. 7GB of books is a lot of books to carry around. That's like what, 20,000 or something? Seriously? 5) The Nook, the Kindle, and I think the Sony readers all use standard Micro-B USB. It's the new upcoming standard in Europe, and is used in a lot of phones and such already here in the U.S. Personally I prefered Mini USB as it was easier to plug in...but at least it's a standard cable. You can buy them for like $1 at monoprice.com. 9) I think the Nook supports 16GB micro-SDHC. Not many portable devices still using full size SD. I think micro is more power efficient (and smaller...good on small devices). The Kobo has an external slot, I believe, but the old Kobo only supported up to 4GB cards. A quick google search finds that the new Kobo might have support for up to 32GB SDHC cards... This hang up on an external card slot seems a bit strange. You can always plug in via USB...and carrying around thousands upon thousands of books seems like a bit of overkill. Last edited by GreenMonkey; 10-25-2010 at 03:02 AM.