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Originally Posted by pilotbob
My mom always used to tell me, "Two wrongs don't make a right."
BOb
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And I'd agree with you if the intent was to 'clone' the Cybook and then market it. But there's been a long tradition that a user can modify his/her item any way s/he sees fit. That's what's been done here.
This is NOT a trivial process! And at the moment, it is doubtful that the EB-100 can be returned to its "pre-Boo Reader" state. (One needs a copy of update firmware from Netronix for that - and Netronix has not provided *any* version on it's website.)
As a learning tool to see just what similarities and differences there are between the two devices, this is a legitimate experiment. That it allows an owner of an EB-100 to no longer suffer under the EB-100s native ebook reading application can only be counted a *plus* as it now lets said owner purchase Secure Mobipocket ebooks instead of suffering through disgustingly failed attempts at converting from chm, html, pdf, rtf, lit, pdb and prc to stk. That can only be counted as 'good' for Mobipocket - a customer has been added!
And as the familial unit in question had already purchased a Sony PRS-500, PRS-505 and Cybook Gen3, I think we can safely say that all three companies have earned a profit already.
(Wanted: Volunteers to help sort out who gets to use which device - this may be a full-time, permanent position.
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Derek