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Old 02-14-2010, 10:28 AM   #64
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Originally Posted by gastan View Post
The eDGe will download any file type from the internet. I don't see why you couldn't use the web browser part to navigate to your favorite e-store, purchase whatever you want, download it to your eDGe, and then open it like any other e-book. In practical terms, that would be no different than importing a book from your desktop PC via usb or from a usb flash drive.
What you get when you "download" an Adobe ePub or PDF from an ebook store is an .acsm file (or similar), which is just a permission slip to allow Desktop Adobe Digital Editions to download the actual encrypted ePub or PDF. With the latest Adobe Reader® Mobile 9.1 SDK, OTA (over the air) downloads of Adobe ePub and PDF are possible. So far the only ebook reader that can use ADE's OTA capability without being tied to one store is the Oynx Boox 60 (and the similar BeBook Neo). I'm not sure how general the capability in the Boox/Neo is though.
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