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Originally Posted by Bookathon
I dont understand if this device which is based on linux can support folders why not kindle and sony support it.
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The short answer is obviously that they could easily do so.
In the case of MobiPocket, there is a "legacy" issue. They want Windows MobiPocket Reader (WMR) to act as the hub of your MOBI ebook world, and it does not "do" folders. Windows handles folders but many of the original handheld targets of the MOBI format did not. So devices like the Bookeen Gen3 which started out as MOBI devices tend not to have folders. Devices that added MOBI later, like the iLiad and the Hanlin, do tend to have folders. If you want to use WMR to manage your MOBI ebooks they all have to go in one folder on the Hanlin and iLiad too.
The Kindle started out with MOBI, so they had a no-folders bias. I think it is the case that Amazon's content delivery can handle folders. In other words you can move a Kindle ebook to a folder and the Kindle "knows" it is the same ebook and does not download it again. So this is better than WMR, and it means that it would be almost trivial for Amazon to add support for folders in the user interface. I really have no idea why they don't do so.