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Originally Posted by NatCh
I'd agree with your summation completely, Adam B., except for a minor quibble with this point:With the addition of Mobipocket format, I count 5 reading formats on the iLiad (PDF, HTML, TXT, XEB & Mobipocket). I wouldn't really characterize that as "many." I wouldn't even consider it many more than the 4 formats the Sony supports (BBeB, PDF, TXT, RTF), they're basically the same set of types of file minus HTML (I'm counting both BBeB and Mobi as the same type in that they're both proprietary DRM supporting formats, I don't actually think that they're the same  ).
Of course, opinions will vary, and I do recognize that the iLiad may well get home-brew viewers faster than the Reader, since iRex has actually released an SDK, so in the future the many formats thing may well come to pass, but I just don't see it as being so now. 
Like I said, otherwise, I think I'd agree with your assessment of the two devices.  |
With my comment, I was including some of the applications I have ported.
FBReader alone supports
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* fb2 e-book format (style attributes are not supported yet).
* HTML format (tables are not supported).
* CHM format (tables are not supported).
* plucker format (embedded images are supported, tables are not supported).
* Palmdoc (aportis doc).
* zTxt (Weasel format).
* TCR (psion text) format.
* RTF format (stylesheets and tables are not supported).
* OEB format (css and tables are not supported).
* OpenReader format (css and tables are not supported).
* Non-DRM'ed mobipocket format (tables are not supported).
* Plain text format.
In addition, ABIWord Supports word doc, RTF, Open Document. Gnumeric supports xls. Scotty1024 has an app with DJVU and CBZ support.
I really haven't run into a format that I can't read on my iLiad.
