Hi everyone:
I'm new here, I'm waiting for my Kindle. Once it arrives, I intend to load a French-English dictionary on it. I know there is Igor's hack allow one to do that. I'm curious to know if anyone have tried using a mobipocket dictionary on Kindle.
Thanks

If you buy it at Fictionwise (http://www.fictionwise.com)or BooksonBoard (http://www.booksonboard.com), it should work. A dictionary created with Mobipocket Creator does indeed work with the Kindle. I don't know about the DRM, though. If your dictionary was created as a dictionary and has no DRM then it will work fine.

Thank you for the answer. Is there a difference if I buy a mobipocket file from booksonboard.com or from mobipocket.com?

There is a peculiarity in the device ID of the Kindle that separates it from Mobipocket ebook readers. Kindle device IDs have a * at a certain point, and Mobipocket device IDs have a $ at the same point.

Mobipocket's own DRM servers will not accept that * in the device ID. But, there is a second set of DRM servers for the Mobipocket format that are run by a company called OverDrive (OD). These servers will let you enter the *, and Fictionwise uses the OD servers as well as the Mobipocket ones.

Plus, Fictionwise is cheaper.

P.S. On another note, most if not all public libraries that have Mobipocket format ebooks use the OD servers to support them. You should be able to check ebooks out of the library and put them on your Kindle.

Thank you Nate the great. That is very informative for me. For that dictionary, I wrote to the publisher and they say they will release it for Kindle in a few weeks. I plan to just wait a little since they are saying their Kindle version needs a little more work. Thank you again.