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Originally Posted by bwaldron
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I haven't really found my Cybook to be buggy (other than with non-Mobi content -- which the Kindle doesn't even attempt to handle directly, and I don't really attempt to use).
Neither is perfect, and they both have some advantages and disadvantages. On balance, I prefer the Cybook when I just want to read a book.
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I *have* found the Cybook firmware to be 'buggy' - but then everyone should understand that *I* started with firmware version 0.9 build254!
(That's the peril of getting an 'engineering sample'.
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I can't really speak to whether the Amazon firmware has been 'overly' buggy because I don't own one. I know the PRS-500 firmware was not near as buggy as early Cybook firmware, but I do feel the later builds, 538 and higher, were/are 'good enough' for general use.
Where I've had the problem with Cybook firmware is the lack of any (perceived on my part) development of better HTML, RTF and/or ePub support as well as less-than-functional Library file management - including the idea that there's no way to delete an ebook using the danged DELETE key!
Even so, I see no reason why a non-US-resident should avoid a Cybook in favor of a Kindle/Kindle2.
Derek