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Originally Posted by DaleDe
Technically I think Microsoft would love to have an embedded WinCE OS inside an eBook reader. And probably enough to supply their Reader to get a leg in that market. So far Linux has dominated and the are becoming rivals in the embeded OS arena. I have seen WinCE inside a GPS by Magellan and others (really embedded not a visible OS) so why not. It would be a good market for them. I that happened I might get excited also.
The only caveat is that they don't have a version that can work without a touch screen. They currently don't support their own smartphones for that reason. But that of course is only SMOP (Samll matter of programming).
Dale
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I wasn't thinking about MS making a WinCE ebook reader (which is what the original Cybook was). I was saying that with some programming (and a look at the ConvertLIT source), it should be possible for just about any other reader software to incorporate LIT as a format. As much as I dislike any DRMed format, supporting another very popular format like LIT couldn't hurt.