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Old 08-15-2010, 01:17 PM   #1
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The Libre Pro is on the cover of today's Sears ad for $99.99 with a 10% "Friends and Family" discount when you put it in your shopping cart.
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I wonder we can buy now either Jetbook or Libre pro for the same price (through newegg/sears) so which device is better (they are almost similar with different firmware)
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I have jetBook and tested Libre on CES show

jetBook has several pluses vs Libre:
1. latest firmware has support for B&N DRMed ebooks
2. jetBook comes preloaded with dictionaries
3. jetBook has better interface (IMHO)
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Thanks kriss, i think i'll go for JBL just waiting for a good deal (i missed the latest 70$ deal at newegg )... BTW does JB support DRMed B&N books? (some old reports said it was supported in JBL and not in JB)
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Kris777, correct me if I'm wrong, but don't the jetBook/jetBook Lite firmware updates have quite a larger fail/problem rate than the Libre's?

I have never had any major issues with the Libre's firmware or with trying to upgrade it, but have read of several people having issues with upgrading their JB/JBL or with the actual JB/JBL firmware. I could just be missing the Libre problems but I haven't seen them nearly as much as JB/JBL problems.
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Thanks kriss, i think i'll go for JBL just waiting for a good deal (i missed the latest 70$ deal at newegg )... BTW does JB support DRMed B&N books? (some old reports said it was supported in JBL and not in JB)
JB and JBL support B&N books now:
http://www.jetbook.net/update.php
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Kris777, correct me if I'm wrong, but don't the jetBook/jetBook Lite firmware updates have quite a larger fail/problem rate than the Libre's?

I have never had any major issues with the Libre's firmware or with trying to upgrade it, but have read of several people having issues with upgrading their JB/JBL or with the actual JB/JBL firmware. I could just be missing the Libre problems but I haven't seen them nearly as much as JB/JBL problems.
I had no problems to upgrade my JBL and JB. Just follow the instuctions on jetbook websie and fully charge the jetBook battery.
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I wonder we can buy now either Jetbook or Libre pro for the same price (through newegg/sears) so which device is better (they are almost similar with different firmware)
The main advantage of the Libre for me is that it has a serif font. The Jetbook only has sans serif fonts.
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My Libre pro has PDF reflow feature, does Jetbook with lastest firmware has it?
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I have jetBook and tested Libre on CES show

jetBook has several pluses vs Libre:
1. latest firmware has support for B&N DRMed ebooks
2. jetBook comes preloaded with dictionaries
3. jetBook has better interface (IMHO)
Although the English dictionary is pretty much useless to me.
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My Libre pro has PDF reflow feature, does Jetbook with lastest firmware has it?
yes, v035m version has PDF reflow feature.
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yes, v035m version has PDF reflow feature.
The 0.16e verson for the Jetbook Lite, as well.

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With the advent of the new FW v18g for the Libre I would have to say that both are very close in features. The main difference now is the dictionary and support for B&N's ePub format.

Of course if you do not live in the USA B&N is not an issue. The same with Borders.

Both devices (JB & JBL as well as the ALP) support PDF w/ADE DRM with Reflow and "Content Search" as well as TOC support. Both also support ePub w/ADE DRM as well as TOC and "Content Search" support.

With the exception of B&N DRM ePub and pdb they all support the same open formats.

Yes the JB and JBL have a dictionary but the ALP has serif/sans seri for all formats.
I own both and I have found that the Dictionary's word database to be very limited.

I guess it is good if you are learning one of the four supplied languages.

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