Quote:
Originally Posted by nikkie
Lock-in isn't just a problem for the iPad. Typically, it's far less of a problem on the iPad because almost all of the other DRMs can be read on the it...
There are ePub readers for most platforms available. Less true for DRM-specific apps, but they exist too. In general, you'll find that the more likely a device is to having an operating system that is used on multiple devices (Android for instance), the more likely it is that developers will be porting their eBooks apps to it... |
Unfortunately, developers aren't being that comprehensive. As I mentioned, Win-based devices (outside of full-OS machines like PCs and laptops) are being excluded from almost everyone's development list. I wonder how many of these developers are developing in Linux? Did either of those OSs ever get Stanza, for instance? They may not be the top dogs of the OS world, but they are still out there, being used by a lot of people, and being left out.
Quote:
Originally Posted by nikkie
The apple devices don't require re-purchase to use on a different device. Purchasing once on your account is sufficient.
|
I was more concerned about purchasing an iPad ebook app--not the reading app, so much as the ebook itself--then wanting to shift it to a non-Apple device later on. Reading apps are cheap, but who wants to replace their library?
Quote:
Originally Posted by nikkie
I bought a Brew phone a few years ago from Verizon that was very expensive and very impressive. Unfortunately, the platform was closed and expensive to start development on, so there were essentially NO apps for it worth purchasing. Once I realized this, I decided my next purchase would be a phone that I knew had good development support.
|
I did exactly that, too: The LG Dare. Nice phone... completely locked down by Verizon. And that's why the phone I just replaced it with is an open platform... in my case, Windows-based, to allow me to shift most of the apps and files from my PDA.