An e-book reader from Mobipocket SA, Paris, France 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,
Kindle e-book formats,
Open eBook and
e-book.