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HarryT · 10-17-2009, 07:39 AM

99.9% sure. I suggest that you ask Bookeen, if you want to be absolutely certain.

I have an early Opus myself, and yes, it does sometimes crash. Probably about once every 4h hours reading for me. It's the most trivial of things. You try to turn the page, and it hangs. All you do is press the power switch and page down for 10s, the device reboots, and 20s later you're reading again. A triffling annoyance.

I have both a Sony and an Opus, so I am in a position to make a balanced comparison between their software implementations. The Sony is stable, but its ePub support (and ePub is THE ebook standard these days) is very lacking. The Opus is much more capable, but slightly unstable (with the firmware I have). As I say, given a choice between the PRS-300 and the Opus, I would buy the Opus every time.

10-17-2009, 07:39 AM	#12
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	99.9% sure. I suggest that you ask Bookeen, if you want to be absolutely certain. I have an early Opus myself, and yes, it does sometimes crash. Probably about once every 4h hours reading for me. It's the most trivial of things. You try to turn the page, and it hangs. All you do is press the power switch and page down for 10s, the device reboots, and 20s later you're reading again. A triffling annoyance. I have both a Sony and an Opus, so I am in a position to make a balanced comparison between their software implementations. The Sony is stable, but its ePub support (and ePub is THE ebook standard these days) is very lacking. The Opus is much more capable, but slightly unstable (with the firmware I have). As I say, given a choice between the PRS-300 and the Opus, I would buy the Opus every time.