Microsoft Gives Reader a ‘Stealth’ Update, supports WiMo 6.1!
Posted on 14 September 2009, at 10:30 am, by Michael Anderson
One thing I didn’t realize would happen when I upgraded my Dell Axim x51v to Windows Mobile 6.1 recently, was that I would lose the ability to read my DRM-infested ebooks in Reader format because Microsoft Reader didn’t support the latest version of Windows Mobile. As far as I could tell Microsoft Reader was a dead product. I searched around on forums and blogs, and the only solution I could find was using utilities to transfer my Reader books to a format readable in Mobipocket Reader. I did that for one book I bought a while ago and had wanted to finish on a business trip this past weekend, but in general it wasn’t something I felt good about.
So imagine my surprise this morning when a post at Pocket PC Thoughts alerted me to an upgrade to MS Reader at Microsoft! I describe it as ’stealth’ because if you go to the official MS Reader page the listing is for the previous version, 2.4.1. If you want the new version (2.4.2) you need to head to the Direct Download Page. There are no new features other than WiMo 6.1 compatibility listed, which I can confirm since I’m now once again ‘Activated’ and reading my DRM-filled purchased ebooks!
Source: Pocket PC Thoughts
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