The Japanese edition of the Sony PRS-T1 comes with a Jap-Jap dictionary. Its implementation is less than stellar. Sometimes it will look up only the first Kanji in a selection. It has a jump feature, but that only works when using it as a standalone application, not when used inside a book. Unlike the Kindle dictionary the dictionary pop-up only appears on the bottom of the screen, thus sometimes covering your selection and stoping you from changeing that selection. The font in the dictionary pop-up is fixed, and rather small. There have been several upgrades of the firmware, so far none of the dictionary issues has been dealt with.
Hopefully the good people at Amazon will see this as an opportunity for a competitive advantage.
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