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Originally Posted by wallcraft
The web site does say Linux on the 5", but I don't understand why a company would sell 3 sizes with two operating systems. This looks like a support nightmare in the long term. I also assume that FictionWise can only support eReader on WinCE, and FictionWise has to be a major reseller for Astak. Linux could be right, but I would not be surprised if the 5" also ran WinCE.
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Wallcraft,
Netronix offers the EB-2xx and EB-3xx series with WinCE 5.0. They offer the EB-100 in Linux 2.6. (The EB-100 is the older version of the EB-2xx and does not offer touchscreen, bluetooth or wifi support, but still has a 6" display.) As far as I can tell, Netronix has chosen to not offer Linux on their upgraded hardware. It could be that the 5" version is "older"???
(And I see from a 'just-prior' post that the 5" is an in-house design from Astak. Silly me
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As for Fictionwise being a "major seller" through eReader, remember that Fictionwise also sells Mobipocket, as does Mobipocket.com, BooksOnBoard and others. And there are Mobipocket versions out there for WinCE 5.0 already, so a port of Mobi wouldn't probably be that hard, on a technical level. But we also must keep in mind that to offer Mobi, Astak must guarantee "exclusivity" of DRM'd format support as well as have both Mobipocket
AND Amazon approve of the request. I hardly think Amazon wants to allow competition to its Kindle.
Derek