Thread: Kindle 2: Where are you? (cnet)
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Old 01-26-2009, 12:49 PM   #32
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Originally Posted by phenomshel View Post
Reading this thread has helped me in my decision making tremendously. It seems a sure thing that though there WILL eventually be a Kindle 2, it isn't going to be anytime soon. That, plus the fact of my ever growing collection of non-DRM books in all types of formats, makes me think I'll go for the ESlick (assuming it is actually released and the reviews are decent once it is), and then in two or three years when the dust has settled around the Kindle and/or a newer version, I'll get one then to take advantage of Amazon's prices and selection. Goodness knows, I'm not going to run out of reading material available at other stores by then! As I see it, this should give me the best of both worlds.
Given the quality of both the standard BeBook firmware and that of OpenInkpot firmware for the Jinke V3 family (including the EZ-Reader and the BeBook), I cannot see why anyone would limit themselves to a Foxit ESlick. And PDF is the LEAST appropriate ebook format. Sure, Foxit may well have eReader and other ebook support soon, but may I point out that 'soon' is such a slippery term? Just look at the time delays in the Bookeen Cybook firmware updates - but at least (with a minimum of external software support to strip DRM from eReader and Mobi ebooks) the Cybook support for Mobi allows for a vast supply of ebooks.

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