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I am not at all surprised that Amazon was considering the iLiad... and not surprised that they decided against it. Too high a price, too many extraneous features. If I were placing bets, I'd bet on Bookeen. (If they ever get their firmware problems resolved.)
Perhaps the "open" system of the iLiad was less of an issue than the fact that none of the software is really complete yet. Even the Mobipocket implementation is still a bit flaky. Many of us have been willing to string along with iRex because we know we can make the system better with user-developed apps, but Amazon isn't likely to be interested in that. They want a reader that anyone can use out of the box... preferably to read Amazon content.
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