Mobipocket SA was a French company incorporated in March 2000 that created the e-book file format and produced the Mobipocket Reader software for mobile phones, personal digital assistants (PDA) and desktop operating systems.
The Mobipocket software package was free and consisted of various publishing and reading tools for PDAs, smartphones, mobile phones, the e-readers Kindle and iLiad, and applications on devices using Symbian, Windows, Palm OS, Java ME and Psion.
Amazon.com bought Mobipocket.com in 2005 and kept it running until October 2016, when it permanently shut down the Mobipocket website and servers.
History
Amazon.com bought Mobipocket.com in 2005.[1]
An alpha release of the Java-based version of the Mobipocket reader became available for cellphones on June 30, 2008.[2] There is also a reader for desktop computers running Microsoft Windows