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Originally Posted by jotas
The Irex device supports the open ePub format, as well as multiple DRM solutions, and Adobe PDF support is expected to be available via a firmware upgrade in the fourth quarter, says the company
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This article contains some useful information, but much of it seems to have come from multiple sources on the web - rather than directly from iRex. The Adobe PDF in Q4 report was originally for the DR1000S. The DR1000S already reads PDFs but not with Adobe DRM, so this involves switching the DR1000S from its poppler-based PDF renderer to Adobe Digital Editions. The DR800SG will come initially with ADE, so its PDF support may be significantly different from that on the DR1000S today. There isn't any particular reason to think that PDF support will be missing on initial release, but iRex has said that note taking will not be initially available and that is almost certainly because of the switch to ADE.
The "multiple DRM solutions" are Adobe and eReader. I assume that the DR800SG will have Adobe PDF and Adobe ePub in the initial firmware. However, iRex has a strong incentive to get something out before Christmas and only reader reviews will tell us what the DR800SG is actually capable of.