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Old 12-24-2009, 04:09 PM   #39
delphidb96
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Originally Posted by phenomshel View Post
Derek, I think my previous post was as clear as mud. I'm going to blame it on this cold that's still hanging on.
Anyway - yes, I realize all those function quite well as ereaders, but I guess I'm looking for the whole enchilada. I don't want another device that only reads a couple of DRM'd formats. I want a tablet or dual screen device like this that reads everything. Unfortunately, at this point in time, to do that - it has to run Windows.
As far as I know (and please, correct me if I'm wrong, I'd be thrilled to be wrong on this occasion), Windows is the only OS that supports every DRM'd ebook format software out there with no conversions necessary.
Having just downloaded the latest firmware updates for the Cybook Gen3, I can POSITIVELY state that the Cybook now (and I'm running a first-version 64MB Gen3) supports ePub, Mobi/prc, FB2, TXT, HTML and PDF. (Yeah, yeah... I know, that doesn't include LIT, RTF, Word Doc, or a plethora of 'lesser-known' formats - nor Amazon's TOPAZ - but yest to the Mobi version of AZW - once you change the extension.)

And frankly, I don't really give a s**t that the Cybook won't read .imp or .lit, or .rb... I don't *have* any! So if the Cybook can read these ebook formats, then I'm pretty sure that the EDGE can be made to do so - under Linux.

So pardon me if I get out my copy of the World's Tiniest Violin to play in pity for your desires.

Derek
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