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Originally Posted by pilotbob
So what exactly is the advantage of this? Will it support any DRM formats? My understanding is the FBReader doesn't support any DRM at this time.
Why will OI be better than the software that Bookeen/Astak/Sony provides?
BOb
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I don't think that OI, the operating system, will be necessarily *better*. Rather, it will be portable across the various e-ink platforms. Thus, any OI app that runs on, say, the Sony PRS-505, will also run on the iLiad, the Jinke V3, the Cybook, the Kindle and the Astak models - and maybe even the Readius when it comes out.
Also, there is hope that we can get it set up to allow OI to run 'from SD card', which means the original firmware will still be present on the device. This has not yet been implemented, but work is ongoing in that area, if I understand right. This latter means that you can own a Kindle and read Kindle DRM ebooks *AND* read non-DRM eReader ebooks without having to buy a second ebook reader or go through the conversion process. Think of the joy of being able to open a CHM ebook on your iLiad, Cybook or Readius, all without having to extract, re-format and convert!
Derek