Thread: Why so few hacks/mods for the Cybook?
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Old 11-20-2008, 07:31 AM   #17
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Originally Posted by igorsk View Post
The device itself and the firmware is developed by Jinke (and some parts by lBook, I beleive). I'm pretty sure BeBook only does sales, marketing and support for their rebranded model.
The difference between Bookeen and Jinkie is instructive. When the Hanlin V3 came out I was sure it would never take off in the West, but the hardware is sound and they have incrementally improved the software to where is is now good enough in many areas. This does in part seem to be due to partners (LBook in particular). Bookeen relies on Netronix for its hardware, which has been tweaked into to an acceptable device. It had relatively polished software out of the gate, but is having a hard time improving it.

At present, by all accounts, MOBI support on the Hanlin is well behind the Cybook. However, Jinkie is incrementally improving its MOBI support over time and Bookeen is doing who knows what.
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