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Originally Posted by Godzil
The ePub firmware will come in a near futur, you must NOT buy an Opus to have ePub. The only thing is that ePub firmware is not ready yet for make an official upgrade.
Some may argue that they now sell Opus with ePub firmware, but I think that it's not the same beast to install a firmware on a new device, than installing it in an already existing device...
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I don't really believe this anymore. They promised folder support ages ago and know the people are waiting for that (plus a few other fixes). Early in 2009 they decided to push back the update to include ePub support. While it's unwise to cancel an already fixed release date to include some huge new feature (because they must have known back then that it can't be done in a manner of a few short weeks), it's been clear now for at least 2 months that there will be 2 separate versions, one for mobipocket and one for ePub.
If the problem really only was with the ePub version and even though there is no problem with the mobi version Bookeen is not releasing that one, that would be telling their customers:
"We know that most of our existing customers have DRMed mobi books and therefore need primarily the mobi version. It's ready and sitting right here on my desk but we don't give it to you because we think it would be more fun (for us) to make you wait even longer without any need."
I am very certain that not even Bookeen is voluntarily frustrating their customers without any reason whatsoever. I am therefore convinced that the mobi version is NOT ready for release and still needs some work.
(What I don't understand, however, is how they can give a beta firmware which is so broken they can't fix it in 2 months to existing customers, as they did at the Paris meeting. This defeats every know logic.)