The BeBook e-reader sells 30.000th unit and supports Mobipocket DRM

Now here's an interesting post I found here at mobileread.com that reads like a press release. 30,000 Bebooks sold is quite a sizeable number. If anyone knows how many Kindles, Cybooks or iLiads have been sold, do post a comment.

The interesting part here is that it states that Mobipocket support is now available. Here's the quote:

"All new BeBooks shipped from today will have the Mobipocket update installed. This means BeBook owners now have access to virtually any new book released. The MobiPocket DRM (digital rights management/ copyright system) standard is used for most new book releases."

Then, further down the promise existing BeBook owners have been waiting for:

"For existing BeBook users the update will be available as a free download from our website: www.mybebook.com."

Unfortunately I couldn't find the Mobipocket update on BeBook's website, only a recent update that doesn't include Mobipocket support. And I'm not the only one, judging from other comments to the posting. Seeing as the post was put up only yesterday on Mobileread.com, I'm inclined to think that they're a little slow in updating the website, or someone jumped the gun in announcing the update. Whatever the story may be, let's hope they get it up soon. The way I see it, this will only draw more people into the BeBook camp and they'll have a Kindle Killer on their hands.

As for me, Mobipocket support is drawing me one step closer to getting the BeBook.