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Originally Posted by pondscum
In case the OP or others are confused by these feeble attempts at humor ;-) the French Tea/Vivlio-branded Inkpads have identical hardware (except for the label) to the Pocketbook-branded ones, but they come with a modified version of the firmware that points to the bookstore you buy the e-reader from (Decitre, Cultura, etc) instead of whatever the Pocketbook-branded ones point at. But you can install the generic Pocketbook firmware on these devices instead, which you might want to do to take advantage of more frequent updates, etc.
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Thanks for that. I really didn't know how PocketBook and Vivlio were associated (although the hardware looked identical) — I just assumed it was a French branch of PocketBook (or something along those lines), but now I see there's more to it. So, I'm guessing, that the Vivlio might be a little cheaper because it's partially subsidized by eBook sellers (kind of like a Kindle or a Kobo).