An e-book reader from Mobipocket SA, Paris, France (www.mobipocket.com) that runs on Windows PCs as well as various smartphones, PDAs and dedicated e-book devices. Amazon's Kindle uses a slightly modified version of the Mobipocket format, and a Java-based cellphone version is also available. Based on the Open eBook format, Mobipocket also supports databases and SQL queries. In 2005, Mobipocket became an Amazon.com company. See Kindle, Open eBook and e-book.

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