E-book reader with best dictionary look-up feature ? - Page 3

fsvum · 11-11-2011, 11:56 AM

what about Pocketbook Pro or Onyx Boox , do they have the same feature as Sony's ? just tapping the word and the dictionary pops up?

mclien · 11-11-2011, 12:35 PM

The PocketBook has, BUT:
1. if you use the dictionary about 33% of the screen is occupied by the its window, which hides this part of the page. So you have to tab a extra word directly over the dictionary window to make it change place from the buttom of the screen to the top fo screen.
2. The dictionaries they use (two for me, english-german) fail half of the words for me (reading fantasy, Eragon/Inheritance).
3.the touchscreen often hangs for about 20-30 sec
4.the touchscreen oftem fails words in the corners of the screen
5.and you can only use the stylus from the device (loose it and the screen won't work with another sylus. Even when useing another waacom sylus, which is used in the device).

I'm currendly consider a very light reader, which mustn't have a touchscreen, but a coursor to move to the word.
Poorly this left me mainly with kindle and sony, which I both don'T like for ethic reasons.

vishcompany · 11-11-2011, 04:44 PM

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Originally Posted by mclien

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I'm currendly consider a very light reader, which mustn't have a touchscreen, but a coursor to move to the word.
Poorly this left me mainly with kindle and sony, which I both don'T like for ethic reasons.

Checkout Bookeen's Cybook Opus. They sell it off now (as they are just releasing their new product, the Odyssey). 5" screen, very light, put the mobi firmware onto it, get a mobi dictionary (or one from amazon and strip off drm) and there you go.

When my Gen3 was still alive (same firmware) I was very happy with the PONS dictionary I had bought. Never had any better. (The Collin's provided by Sony is good, but not quite there)

frozennorth · 11-11-2011, 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by fsvum

what about Pocketbook Pro or Onyx Boox , do they have the same feature as Sony's ? just tapping the word and the dictionary pops up?

I would not recommend Onyx Boox for frequent dictionary lookup. It's a royal pain to use and requires multiple steps.

frozennorth · 11-11-2011, 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by fsvum

what about Pocketbook Pro or Onyx Boox , do they have the same feature as Sony's ? just tapping the word and the dictionary pops up?

I would not recommend Onyx Boox for frequent dictionary lookup. It's a royal pain to use and requires multiple steps and a lot of times it can't find the word.

Gray_Mouser · 11-17-2011, 04:22 PM

Does anyone know if the dictionary of the Kobo Touch is any good?

mclien · 11-19-2011, 06:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Gray_Mouser

Does anyone know if the dictionary of the Kobo Touch is any good?

Not jet. For I'm from germany, I have difficulties to get one. But I guess once you rooted it, you should be able to but dicts by your self.

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11-11-2011, 11:56 AM	#31
fsvum Enthusiast Posts: 33 Karma: 5010 Join Date: Nov 2011 Device: none	what about Pocketbook Pro or Onyx Boox , do they have the same feature as Sony's ? just tapping the word and the dictionary pops up?

11-11-2011, 12:35 PM	#32
mclien 42, the answer Posts: 124 Karma: 17798 Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Germany Device: Pocketbook 603	The PocketBook has, BUT: 1. if you use the dictionary about 33% of the screen is occupied by the its window, which hides this part of the page. So you have to tab a extra word directly over the dictionary window to make it change place from the buttom of the screen to the top fo screen. 2. The dictionaries they use (two for me, english-german) fail half of the words for me (reading fantasy, Eragon/Inheritance). 3.the touchscreen often hangs for about 20-30 sec 4.the touchscreen oftem fails words in the corners of the screen 5.and you can only use the stylus from the device (loose it and the screen won't work with another sylus. Even when useing another waacom sylus, which is used in the device). I'm currendly consider a very light reader, which mustn't have a touchscreen, but a coursor to move to the word. Poorly this left me mainly with kindle and sony, which I both don'T like for ethic reasons.

11-17-2011, 04:22 PM	#36
Gray_Mouser Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: none	Does anyone know if the dictionary of the Kobo Touch is any good?

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