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Originally Posted by ElMiko
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EDIT: Re: ADE, of course not. What else is new? But also we're already on 4.5.something... when can we collectively forget about that trash application? Surely, those old nooks and kobos are on their last legs battery-wise....
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Well, no, the Nooks and Kobo devices are NOT necessarily on their last legs battery-wise.
Why? Because CURRENT manufactured Nooks and Kobos still use the older ADE engine that's roughly equivalent to ADE 2.01 for reading epub.
So, a Nook manufactured in 2026 is going to be using that very old engine, and so is a Kobo manufactured in 2026. Unless and until either manufacturer changes something. Don't hold your breath on that one! As neither manufacturer has seen fit to update their Adobe reading engines so far. It's been same old, same old for a long time now.
Kobo pushes their kepub format, so they have no incentive to update the Adobe engine and Nook, well, Barnes and Noble is more or less living back in the stone age. Even their phone/tablet apps use the old Adobe engine!
Given how long an e-reader can last, you are looking devices manufactured quite recently as being around potentially another decade or longer. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.
I don't like it either.