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Originally Posted by NatCh
You're hitting the same old problem with proprietary formats, wgrimm. But in fairness, I'd point out that the eReader and RocketBook formats are just as proprietary as Sony's format, and Sony has just as little obligation to support other folks proprietary formats as eReader or RocketBook have to support Sony's.  : |
If you think about it, it's not so much an obligation, it's more of a lost opportunity for these companies to make money. If E-Reader and Connect, and all these companies that make their support for devices proprietary either removed the DRM's or just supported more devices, that is more money that goes into their pockets that they wouldn't had gotten before. If I wanted to purchase a book from E-reader and I can't because my device is not compatible, they don't get my money.....Connect does, and vice versa. If these guys all played together, they could all tend to make more profit. If they did it right, even if a small royalty were to be paid to each other, it still increases the customer base, along with the increased interest in user base on all sides.
I am not all that disappointed with the PDF support though, I knew it going in, and I don't have a lot of PDF Files that I am dying to have in my Reader.