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Originally Posted by JSWolf
What makes the Opus so special given that you can get the Cool-er (with ePub and a 6" screen)?
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We know of four independent licences of mobile ADE for 5" and 6" screens:
- Sony
- Bookeen
- Netronix
- Jinke
Sony is using old ADE code in their PRS-505 and 700. They will presumably be using the same mobile ADE SDK as everyone else in future products. The Cool-ER is using Netronix firmware, so it will have the same ADE implementation as several other Netronix-based products. I assume that Bookeen is a separate licensee of mobile ADE (i.e. they are not using the Netronix licence) and have ported mobile ADE separately to the EB-600 hardware and the Opus. Jinke has ported mobile ADE to the Hanlin V3 and V5.
So from the point of view of PDF/ePub display the differences between these devices is presumably going to be small. The number of font sizes is one differentiator, and another might be the ability to zoom PDFs and trim PDF margins. Finally, the library navigation software will be different (e.g. folders or not, thumbnails or not).
In the end, software stability might be the major differentiator. So far, Jinke is the company that turns around bug fixes the fastest but Sony appears to have solid firmware with relatively few bugs (but no bug fix releases).