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Old 06-10-2008, 10:12 AM   #47
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
We already have a de facto "universal" format - MobiPocket. Mobi format books can be read on a vast range of different hardware platforms and devices. ePub may be "technically" superior to Mobi in some ways, but why re-invent the wheel?
If Mobipocket is so universal, why is it not on every single device and why is it tied to some backwards technology?
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