04-15-2008, 01:13 PM | #1 |
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Search Engine - another feature all ebooks should have
A simple search engine lets you find your place in a book, or a quote or a topic in any book in the currently loaded library.
I wonder how much memory it would need? James - who keeps all his ebook files in his computer as well as in his ebook readers and uses Google Desktop a lot |
04-15-2008, 01:15 PM | #2 |
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Well, it's more a hardware/software issue than ebook issue. The Kindle has a search capability, and it does take some time to index something when you first put it on the device but after that it's great - search will give you results from the book, dictionary, and every other book on your device.
Pretty handy. One of the reasons I picked the Kindle. |
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04-15-2008, 03:13 PM | #3 |
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The biggest hurdle for most of this newest batch of devices is entering the string you want to search for. Obviously this doesn't apply to Kindle, since it has a keyboard, but entering a search string on the Sony or Cybook device would be a bit difficult. While some sort of scheme could be worked out to manage the task, it would be fairly cumbersome, at best.
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04-15-2008, 03:56 PM | #4 |
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The Sony could do it if you did it like on a telephone keypad. Like you enter text with the average cell phone.
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04-15-2008, 04:28 PM | #5 |
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04-15-2008, 04:47 PM | #6 |
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