BeBook Mobipocket support arrived

Alexander Turcic · 09-19-2008, 10:02 AM

It isn't exactly a secret being kept under lock and key that BeBook had plans to introduce Mobipocket support for their e-book reader, but now we've received word that the upgrade is going to be officially released later today.

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It took some time to finetune this update. There's a pretty simple explanation: we wanted the update to be perfect.

It was tempting to release an earlier, near perfect version, but our programmers and the MobiPocket programmers convinced us to be patient.

You can download the upgrade from here:

BeBook update 39.151.878 bytes
MobiPocket Reader (this version has support for the BeBook; it'll take some more time for Mobipocket.com to update their website as well) 4.271.104 bytes

You will have to unpack the firmware, copy it on an SD card, and plug it into your BeBook device. Press and hold the V+ (volume up) button while switching on the reader. The update should then begin.

Enjoy.

HarryT · 09-19-2008, 10:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Alexander Turcic

It isn't exactly a secret being kept under lock and key that BeBook had plans to introduce Mobipocket support for their e-book reader,

You mean the subtle hints like the banner ads we've been seeing for the last month?

This is excellent news!

Slite · 09-19-2008, 10:07 AM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

You mean the subtle hints like the banner ads we've been seeing for the last month?

This is excellent news!

Heck yes! I diefintily have to try that one out tonight!

And on another note WOOHOO!!! My BeBook suports MOBI!

cognac · 09-19-2008, 10:10 AM

Thank god, that is great news !!!!!! Now I can ask my friends to buy some BeBooks! with compliment, well done, BeBook.

SilverBullit · 09-19-2008, 10:12 AM

Great news!

TadW · 09-19-2008, 10:12 AM

Wonderful news! There is nothing wrong with trying to make an update "perfect".

vivaldirules · 09-19-2008, 10:31 AM

A couple of questions:

With BeBook now supporting Mobipocket and iRex (possibly?) improving their Mobipocket implementation, will this leave Sony as the only major mobile eink device that doesn't support Mobipocket?

Also, if Mobipocket is becoming the defacto standard for ebooks, is there a solution to the problem that most Mobipocket titles are sold only by Amazon but only to Kindle owners?

wallcraft · 09-19-2008, 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by vivaldirules

will this leave Sony as the only major mobile eink device that doesn't support Mobipocket?

For now. Astak will presumably support eReader and Adobe Digital Editions, and any EInk device running WinCE (e.g. Plastic Logic) can probably do an end-run around MobiPocket's DRM exclusivity requirement.

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Originally Posted by vivaldirules

is there a solution to the problem that most Mobipocket titles are sold only by Amazon but only to Kindle owners?

All MobiPocket titles can be sold at Amazon's discretion on the Kindle (its in MobiPocket's standard contract with publishers), but most Kindle ebooks are not MobiPocket titles. It is the case that most Kindle ebooks are using the MOBI format and MOBI DRM, but that does not mean that Amazon has the right to sell them to everyone as MobiPocket ebooks.

TadW · 09-19-2008, 10:54 AM

So where is the Hanlin Mobipocket upgrade? I see that this firmware upgrade is (c) Nankai University and TianJin Jinke Corp.

Slite · 09-19-2008, 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by TadW

So where is the Hanlin Mobipocket upgrade? I see that this firmware upgrade is (c) Nankai University and TianJin Jinke Corp.

Jinke is the name of the company that manufactures the Hanlin e-readers

pagansoul · 09-19-2008, 11:41 AM

Does this mean that if you buy a new BeBook the new firmware will already be installed? I've been thinking of getting one in a month but there is no big rush, my Kindle works fine. I just like the way it, the Bebook, looks.

HarryT · 09-19-2008, 11:44 AM

You'd need to confirm that with whomever you bought from. New units shipped from the factory now have the new firmware, but dealers (if there are any?) may still have older stock.

pilotbob · 09-19-2008, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

You'd need to confirm that with whomever you bought from. New units shipped from the factory now have the new firmware, but dealers (if there are any?) may still have older stock.

Not that that's a big deal. You can still flash it with the updated firmware.

BOb

HarryT · 09-19-2008, 12:55 PM

True - I guess that there are people who like to have the "latest and greatest" version right out of the box, though

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Ambersdad · 09-19-2008, 05:13 PM

Hi all,
Sorry if I get this wrong, but I have never used any kind of forum before. I have a query about the update to my BeBook. I use a mac and I could get the first file (the update one) into my BeBook ok, but the Mobipocket one is still on my desktop. It says in the instructions to double click on the file and run it then connect the BeBook. Only I think it must be a windows file because my mac can't open it. Does anyone have any suggestions how I can load that file onto my BeBook. I do not have access to a PC.
Cheers,
Allen.

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cognac Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: BEBOOK	Thank god, that is great news !!!!!! Now I can ask my friends to buy some BeBooks! with compliment, well done, BeBook.

09-19-2008, 10:12 AM	#5
SilverBullit Member Posts: 19 Karma: 40 Join Date: Aug 2008 Device: Bebook	Great news!

09-19-2008, 10:12 AM	#6
TadW Uebermensch Posts: 2,583 Karma: 1094606 Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Italy Device: Kindle	Wonderful news! There is nothing wrong with trying to make an update "perfect".

09-19-2008, 10:31 AM	#7
vivaldirules When's Doughnut Day? Posts: 10,059 Karma: 13675475 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Houston, TX, US Device: Sony PRS-505, iPad	A couple of questions: With BeBook now supporting Mobipocket and iRex (possibly?) improving their Mobipocket implementation, will this leave Sony as the only major mobile eink device that doesn't support Mobipocket? Also, if Mobipocket is becoming the defacto standard for ebooks, is there a solution to the problem that most Mobipocket titles are sold only by Amazon but only to Kindle owners?

09-19-2008, 10:54 AM	#9
TadW Uebermensch Posts: 2,583 Karma: 1094606 Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Italy Device: Kindle	So where is the Hanlin Mobipocket upgrade? I see that this firmware upgrade is (c) Nankai University and TianJin Jinke Corp.

09-19-2008, 11:41 AM	#11
pagansoul Fanatic Posts: 509 Karma: 1098204 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Earth Device: iPhone5, iPad Gen3, Kobo, Kindle Fire, Kobo Vox. Samsung Galaxy Tab 7	Does this mean that if you buy a new BeBook the new firmware will already be installed? I've been thinking of getting one in a month but there is no big rush, my Kindle works fine. I just like the way it, the Bebook, looks.

09-19-2008, 11:44 AM	#12
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	You'd need to confirm that with whomever you bought from. New units shipped from the factory now have the new firmware, but dealers (if there are any?) may still have older stock.

09-19-2008, 12:55 PM	#14
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	True - I guess that there are people who like to have the "latest and greatest" version right out of the box, though .

09-19-2008, 05:13 PM	#15
Ambersdad Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: Bebook	Hi all, Sorry if I get this wrong, but I have never used any kind of forum before. I have a query about the update to my BeBook. I use a mac and I could get the first file (the update one) into my BeBook ok, but the Mobipocket one is still on my desktop. It says in the instructions to double click on the file and run it then connect the BeBook. Only I think it must be a windows file because my mac can't open it. Does anyone have any suggestions how I can load that file onto my BeBook. I do not have access to a PC. Cheers, Allen.