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Originally Posted by nekokami
I was perfectly happy with my eBookwise 1150, except for its inability to read PDFs, and its lack of openness. (If I could have easily exported my notes from the eBw 1150, I might still be using it-- someone did figure out how to split PDFs into linked jpegs just after I bought the iLiad.)
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Actually, the REB 1100 (which I use as my main device) stores any annotations in a plain XML file.
PDFRead works quite well for me on most of the books I read, I'm also planning to improve it a bit in the coming week or two.
The availability of native tools for linux (rbmake and rebcomm) and the ability to download custom TTF fonts is the only thing that makes the 1100 so attractive for me (compared to the 1150 or 1200).
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Originally Posted by nekokami
As something I could recommend to others, an updated ETI device would certainly be in the running. My requirements are pretty much the same as mogui's, especially the open OS, which would let community developers enhance the functionality of the device.
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I doubt that would really be possible because I think a lot of 3rd party source code must have been used, which doesn't help making it open source (even if it was within their priorities) -- see the problems Sun has gone through to make Java open-source. Also, I suspect that making it open via "plugins" or something similiar would not be possible because the firmware would require a rewrite which is
never a good idea.