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Originally Posted by JSWolf
Though one thing I would think of other then the hardware is the firmware. It also has to be good.
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For the average person, the programs that run on the reader (OS/firmware/software/whatever you want to call it) really don't matter if they can read their book without the reader crashing, and not have to "work around" problems too much. Every eReader has problems at times...the most important thing for these is how fast these bugs are fixed. Once you stop talking about actual bugs, there are still issues with the software on every eReader.
Every eReader seems to have its own set of quirks about what HTML and CSS it supports, and how good that support is. I don't know why this happens, but I do know that they aren't going to change any time soon, since not being compatible is actually harder today than being compatible...those quirks are almost certainly intended.
No eReader is really good at organizing your library, at least not out of the box. With Calibre and some of the better integrations (like Kobo), you get something that's OK, but compared to Calibre itself, every eReader is still bad.
Everybody here needs to remember that being able to update their firmware or download an e-book over WiFi is a
feature to most people, not a problem that needs to be solved. I would never consider jailbreaking a Kindle, simply because if I wanted to tinker with my eReader, I'd start with something far more open. And, most people don't want to tinker with their eReader at all.