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Old 10-06-2011, 03:03 AM   #22
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Originally Posted by Kolenka View Post
I think you mean T1? ....

Put simply, it doesn't look like the T1 is any better at opening B&N DRM than any other reader. I'm starting to wonder how much of the "it will be available for other devices" is just garbage spouted by B&N. Multiple OEMs have not supported it for multiple generations. The odds that B&N over promised are about even with OEMs not wanting to support it. Hard to say what licensing terms it is even wrapped up in.
Yes, sorry! I did mean T1. And thanks for posting your results on what happens when you try to download a B&N ePub.

Incidentally, B&N DRM is a form of Adobe DRM, not some proprietary DRM that B&N cooked up by itself. It's a newer, alternative Adobe DRM that opens with a username + password instead of requiring ADE as a go-between.

ADE Preview 1.8 opens both this new form of Adobe DRM (that B&N uses) and the traditional Adobe DRM (that requires ADE as a go-between). Any other reader or app that uses the latest Adobe RMSDK software is also able to open B&N ebooks. I know Bluefire Reader (for iOS) and the new Etaco jetBook Lite use the latest Adobe RMSDK and can open B&N ebooks, and others on MobileRead have posted that the new Kobo Touch, Bebook Neo, and Onyx Boox can also open B&N ebooks.

If the T1 doesn't open B&N ebooks, that suggests Sony is still using old Adobe RMSDK, or they modified the latest Adobe RMSDK to block out the form of Adobe DRM that B&N uses, or they are otherwise limiting or not fully using Adobe RMSDK in some way. Whatever the case may be, I find that disappointing.

Here's Adobe's announcement about their collaboration with B&N: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/digitalp...noble_faq.html

See also: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...&postcount=696

Last edited by Jane12; 10-06-2011 at 12:18 PM. Reason: for accuracy
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