Thread: The future of e-book readers
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Old 09-16-2009, 07:55 PM   #73
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Originally Posted by benham View Post
Let's start with an easy one. What is an Open Device?
That would be a device which has source code available under an open-source license for anyone who asks. That means not only the basic OS, but any hardware-specific drivers (e-ink requires different drivers than your typical LCD display) as well as source code available for the various apps, such as the ebook-reader or ebook-library-management applications.

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