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wallcraft · 09-07-2009, 12:59 PM

All EInk devices that used to support DRMed (encrypted) MOBI are switching to DRMed Adobe ePub. Of these, iRex and Jinke (Hanlin V3, BeBook, EZ Reader Basic, ....) will continue to make the old MOBI firmware available but they won't update it. Only Bookeen has said that they will equally support ePub and MOBI in "separate but equal" firmwares. This is good for consumers in theory, but Bookeen is incredibly slow about releasing firmware updates - so having two to support can't be good.

The new firmware for Hanlin's supports DRMed Adobe ePub but also DRM-free MOBI. Note that the Hanlin V5 never supported MOBI DRM, only the V3 has DRMed MOBI using older firmware.

I'm not sure this has made you choice any clearer, except that if you want MOBI then Bookeen is probably the best choice. It is sold by Books on Board with shipping to Canada and, I think, a US warentee.

09-07-2009, 12:59 PM	#6
wallcraft reader Posts: 6,977 Karma: 5183568 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mississippi, USA Device: Kindle 3, Kobo Glo HD	All EInk devices that used to support DRMed (encrypted) MOBI are switching to DRMed Adobe ePub. Of these, iRex and Jinke (Hanlin V3, BeBook, EZ Reader Basic, ....) will continue to make the old MOBI firmware available but they won't update it. Only Bookeen has said that they will equally support ePub and MOBI in "separate but equal" firmwares. This is good for consumers in theory, but Bookeen is incredibly slow about releasing firmware updates - so having two to support can't be good. The new firmware for Hanlin's supports DRMed Adobe ePub but also DRM-free MOBI. Note that the Hanlin V5 never supported MOBI DRM, only the V3 has DRMed MOBI using older firmware. I'm not sure this has made you choice any clearer, except that if you want MOBI then Bookeen is probably the best choice. It is sold by Books on Board with shipping to Canada and, I think, a US warentee.