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Originally Posted by delphidb96
I, for one, do NOT want to be 'homed in on' just one source whenever I connect my ebook reader. I like being able to buy my ebooks via my PC and then transfer them across to the SD card or the Cybook Gen3.
However, much of your desires mirror mine. 
I will note that at this time, installing a reader application on a Cybook or EB-100 is a matter of porting the software over and then running a firmware update. In the case of the EB-100, it has been demonstrated that, while identical in hardware and OS to the Cybook, installing each other's reader app across is a NON-trivial task. (Yes, one can install the reader software from the EB-100 on the Cybook, but why *would* one, as it leaves much to be desired.  )
I think the basic idea of having OpenInkpot running (in a form of dual-boot mode) off an SD card with a reader of one's choice would be the best approach. Then, one could buy any such reader and leave the firmware contents alone - switching over to, say, FBReader via the use of OI and FBReader on a 2GB SD card for those books which aren't available in the device's native reader format.
Derek |
Interesting... Booting OpenInkPot from the SD card sounds like a very good way to dual boot. I love how Rockbox works on my iRiver: you just need to press a button to launch the original firmware, otherwise, Rockbox is launched.
Concerning FBReader, for the moment every GUI component in OpenInkPot is pure X right ?
How do you plan on implementing the GUI for FBReader then ?