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Ea · 11-07-2009, 10:28 AM

I am very happy with the note-taking and dictionary functionality on my Kindle. I find it really easy to use.

I'm trying to improve my German vocabulary through reading and it's a great help to have quick lookup of words within a book. There are issues with dictionaries with input languages that are not English though, i.e. German-English or Frensch-English, but they're not necessarily insurmountable: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=60103

The biggest downside to the Kindle IMO is that it can 1) only read mobi or prc files natively, and 2) only use DRM'd books from Amazon - and Amazon is not necessarily the cheapest anymore. Unless you are prepared to de-DRM, and perhaps convert, books you buy in other shops, the Kindle may limit you.

I don't have the Sony 600 (the Touch) but I think it also has note-taking functionality, but I don't know how well it works. It has a dictionary, but I think it's only English-English.

11-07-2009, 10:28 AM	#9
Ea Wizard Posts: 3,490 Karma: 5239563 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Denmark Device: Kindle 3\|iPad air\|iPhone 4S	I am very happy with the note-taking and dictionary functionality on my Kindle. I find it really easy to use. I'm trying to improve my German vocabulary through reading and it's a great help to have quick lookup of words within a book. There are issues with dictionaries with input languages that are not English though, i.e. German-English or Frensch-English, but they're not necessarily insurmountable: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=60103 The biggest downside to the Kindle IMO is that it can 1) only read mobi or prc files natively, and 2) only use DRM'd books from Amazon - and Amazon is not necessarily the cheapest anymore. Unless you are prepared to de-DRM, and perhaps convert, books you buy in other shops, the Kindle may limit you. I don't have the Sony 600 (the Touch) but I think it also has note-taking functionality, but I don't know how well it works. It has a dictionary, but I think it's only English-English.