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Originally Posted by wallcraft
B&N is eReader, although if you go to the B&N site you will see that many of the traditional phone O/S's have been dropped (WinMobile, Palm, S60). Note that FictionWise said that they will be migrating eReader to ePub (with B&N DRM, not Adobe), and I think dropping the "legacy" phones may be part of that migration.
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In the "eBook Book Club" section of their site, B&N has repeatedly stated their intention to "support as many devices as possible" with eReader. However, they have also stated the intention to maintain Fictionwise as a separate business. You can still get the old eReader software for all sorts of OSs on the eReader.com site, although the B&N version of the product is targeted more to wireless devices and especially the iPhone and iPod Touch.
Of course, Fictionwise (plus Books on Board, et al) have always sold popular books in multiple DRM versions.
Other manufacturers have also announced an intention to support eReader on their products. Sony for one already supports multiple DRM versions on the same book reader since they support both secure BBeB and secure Adobe ePub on my PRS505. Of course, no one can put Mobipocket DRMed books on a device with another DRMed product.