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Originally Posted by HarryT
To my mind, a "computer" is any general purpose device on which I can run my own applications, as opposed to something like, say, the Sony Reader, which is a "closed" system that the user can't install his own apps on.
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I tend to agree, except for the fact that I view my iPhone as a computer even though it's a closed system. It does many of the things I do on my laptop- in fact all of my daytime posts here are made using my iPhone. I view the Sony as a device because of it's single purpose single application nature.
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The iLiad, Pocket PC, Palm, etc, are all general purpose computers on which one can install one's own applications. All of these have a version of the MobiPocket Reader available for them, so with the Windows version, that makes at least four different platforms that it's available for, by my reckoning.
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Except for the fact that all those general purpose computers you mentioned are all crippled without a desktop component. How would I go about creating an mobi file out of my personal files? How do I create an RSS feed without it? How do I create and edit mobi ebooks without it. This is why I see more value in eReader support- They actually make a cross (desktop) platform solution AND a cross device platform solution. That makes at least
six different platforms it's available for. And since I consider all flavors of Windows to be equally unpalatable, I won't even count the fact they supports four more flavors of desktop Windows than Mobi.
