The best choice for a central european (help wanted!) - Page 2

AlfonsVH · 06-13-2009, 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by vishcompany

Does it actually also support dictionary lookup?

Hmm. It depends.

The current official firmware does support looking up words in Mobipocket dictionaries, but not while reading another book. So you'd have to close the book, open the dictionary, look up the word, close the dictionary, open your book again and resume reading. Quite a hassle.

However, there's an unofficial lBook-firmware that supports dictionary lookup while reading, as does Openinkpot. These two do not support Mobipocket-dictionaries, though; only unix .dict dictionaries.

Ezmegaz · 06-13-2009, 02:45 PM

Ahi explames right! =) thx for it!

I was born in Slovakia, but im Hungarian. It yust a matter of the borders.

Abelturd · 06-13-2009, 03:58 PM

As far as I know the only e-readers available in Slovakia are cybook gen3 and prs-505, both on alza.sk. I searched for hanlin v3 but came up with nothing.
You could order cybook, hanlin v3 or prs505 from Czech republic and the pocketbook from Ukraine, but I'm not sure if this would count for the MR giveaway. But you folks should understand that Slovakia is a small country and it almost verges on a miracle that people there even know what a liseuse is. So we should definitely give Ezmegaz the benefit of taking that into account. Afterall, it's difficult to buy a liseuse in a country where liseuses are virtually not sold.
Of the three: cybook, hanlin v3 and prs505, all display diacritic well. With prs505 I heard there's a minor hassle, because you have to install fonts beforehand, but then it works fine and people seem to be happy with it.
I hope you're aware that there's very little electronic content available in Slovak. Except for some public domain works on zlatyfond.sme.sk and rss news, there's virtually none and the change in the order of things will be a long time coming.

kacir · 06-13-2009, 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Abelturd

As far as I know the only e-readers available in Slovakia are cybook gen3 and prs-505, both on alza.sk. I searched for hanlin v3 but came up with nothing.
You could order cybook, hanlin v3 or prs505 from Czech republic and the pocketbook from Ukraine, but I'm not sure if this would count for the MR giveaway. But you folks should understand that Slovakia is a small country and it almost verges on a miracle that people there even know what a liseuse is. So we should definitely give Ezmegaz the benefit of taking that into account. Afterall, it's difficult to buy a liseuse in a country where liseuses are virtually not sold.
Of the three: cybook, hanlin v3 and prs505, all display diacritic well. With prs505 I heard there's a minor hassle, because you have to install fonts beforehand, but then it works fine and people seem to be happy with it.
I hope you're aware that there's very little electronic content available in Slovak. Except for some public domain works on zlatyfond.sme.sk and rss news, there's virtually none
and the change in the order of things will be a long time coming.

Good points.

www.jinke.cz
www.cybook.cz
are domains that were setup by www.acomp.cz
You can order hanlin V3 (and soon the new 5" hanlin) and also cybok.
There is "Pay on delivery" in czech "Dobirka" option also for Slovak Republic that is very popular.

Also, do not forget jetbook, that is also available in Slovakia
http://www.ectaco.sk/jetBook_Reader_Deluxe.html

Slovakians can also use Czech books, so that makes the choice of [legal] e-books better. Ezmegaz is of Hungarian nationality, he is just has Slovakian citizenship, so he will most probably seek Hungarian e-books

Sweetpea · 06-13-2009, 04:31 PM

You can order the BeBook online. And as Slovakia is part of the EU and even uses the Euro, it shouldn't be a problem at all. And the BeBook is a Hanlin v3.

Abelturd · 06-13-2009, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by kacir

Slovakians can also use Czech books, so that makes the choice of [legal] e-books better.

Are there any *legal* ebooks available in both Czech or Slovak other than public domain books?

Quote:

Originally Posted by kacir

Ezmegaz is of Hungarian nationality, he is just has Slovakian citizenship, so he will most probably seek Hungarian e-books

Then he might be interested in this:
http://www.teleread.org/2009/06/11/h...ch-on-june-15/

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sweetpea

You can order the BeBook online. And as Slovakia is part of the EU and even uses the Euro, it shouldn't be a problem at all. And the BeBook is a Hanlin v3.

I don't know the specifics of rules of the giveaway, I believe the rules state that you can only apply for a device that is sold in your country; does this cover the whole European Union if you're a resident of a member state?
Because if that's the case, then I would probably recommend the Hanlin V3 with Openinkpot firmware as the best option. Though we have yet to see what Bookeen has in store for us with their long overdue firmware update.

kacir · 06-13-2009, 05:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Abelturd

Are there any *legal* ebooks available in both Czech or Slovak other than public domain books?

Quite a few. Surprisingly ;-).
http://www.zoznam.sk/katalog/Kultura...ronicke-knihy/

Even a full-blown e-publisher
http://www.neknihy.cz/user/index.asp?app=1306233343
Most books here are under 2Eur!

Abelturd · 06-13-2009, 06:24 PM

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Originally Posted by kacir

Quite a few. Surprisingly ;-).

A few, there you are right.

Quote:

Originally Posted by kacir

Even a full-blown e-publisher
Most books here are under 2Eur!

You can't place an order with that "e-publisher" and things seem to have been that way since 2003.

Or were you just trying to picture the dire reality of local epublishing in your post? Because you succeeded.

Sweetpea · 06-14-2009, 02:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Abelturd

I don't know the specifics of rules of the giveaway, I believe the rules state that you can only apply for a device that is sold in your country; does this cover the whole European Union if you're a resident of a member state?
Because if that's the case, then I would probably recommend the Hanlin V3 with Openinkpot firmware as the best option. Though we have yet to see what Bookeen has in store for us with their long overdue firmware update.

To be precise:

Quote:

Two restrictions apply: The winner must pick a device that is officially purchasable in his or her country

So, you must be able to place an international order if you order from a site not from your country (as you can't for the Kindle, for example).

Abelturd · 06-14-2009, 02:23 AM

Thanks Sweetpea for clarification.

Ezmegaz · 06-14-2009, 09:02 AM

Abelturd
I saw that website, what sells sony 505 in slovakia- its 377 Eur...
In the worlds other country it cost only 270 dollars. The price is duplicated.

Ezmegaz · 06-14-2009, 09:07 AM

Sweetpea
"Two restrictions apply: The winner must pick a device that is officially purchasable in his or her country "

Shit, your right!

So practically i cant win.... But thx for all replyes for all.
Maybe if i could go abroad i can buy for myself a device.

Abelturd · 06-14-2009, 10:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ezmegaz

Sweetpea
"Two restrictions apply: The winner must pick a device that is officially purchasable in his or her country "

Shit, your right!

So practically i cant win.... But thx for all replyes for all.
Maybe if i could go abroad i can buy for myself a device.

No, no. That only means (at least IMO) that you can't apply for Kindle, as you can't purchase it outside of USA. But all the other readers are resold internationally.

Sweetpea · 06-14-2009, 11:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ezmegaz

Sweetpea
"Two restrictions apply: The winner must pick a device that is officially purchasable in his or her country "

Shit, your right!

So practically i cant win.... But thx for all replyes for all.
Maybe if i could go abroad i can buy for myself a device.

You can officially perchase a BeBook where you live. Try to purchase one from BeBook for example. Then try to buy a Kindle from Amazon. The first will go through, the second will say it can only be sold to the US.

kacir · 06-18-2009, 03:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ezmegaz

Abelturd
I saw that website, what sells sony 505 in slovakia- its 377 Eur...
In the worlds other country it cost only 270 dollars. The price is duplicated.

Look at the
http://www.acomp.cz/acomp/obchod/index.asp
They have
- hanlin V3 6690CZK (approx. 250Eur)
- Cybook 9092CZK (approx. 340Eur)
- SONY PRS-505 8390CZK (approx. 314Eur)
- iRex Digital Reader 1000S, 21 408,00
- iRex iLiad 2nd Edition 18 433,00Czk
- iRex iLiad Book Edition, 8" 15 458,00Czk

Prices are including Value Added Tax
They ship to Slovakia, you can "pay on delivery" ("Dobirka")

06-13-2009, 02:45 PM	#17
Ezmegaz Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Slovakia Device: none - phone whit ebook reader software	Ahi explames right! =) thx for it! I was born in Slovakia, but im Hungarian. It yust a matter of the borders. Last edited by Ezmegaz; 06-13-2009 at 03:01 PM.

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06-13-2009, 03:58 PM	#18
Abelturd Little Fuzzy Soldier Posts: 580 Karma: 5711 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Nowhere in particular. Device: cybook gen3, htc hero, ipaq 214	As far as I know the only e-readers available in Slovakia are cybook gen3 and prs-505, both on alza.sk. I searched for hanlin v3 but came up with nothing. You could order cybook, hanlin v3 or prs505 from Czech republic and the pocketbook from Ukraine, but I'm not sure if this would count for the MR giveaway. But you folks should understand that Slovakia is a small country and it almost verges on a miracle that people there even know what a liseuse is. So we should definitely give Ezmegaz the benefit of taking that into account. Afterall, it's difficult to buy a liseuse in a country where liseuses are virtually not sold. Of the three: cybook, hanlin v3 and prs505, all display diacritic well. With prs505 I heard there's a minor hassle, because you have to install fonts beforehand, but then it works fine and people seem to be happy with it. I hope you're aware that there's very little electronic content available in Slovak. Except for some public domain works on zlatyfond.sme.sk and rss news, there's virtually none and the change in the order of things will be a long time coming.

06-13-2009, 04:31 PM	#20
Sweetpea Grand Sorcerer Posts: 9,707 Karma: 32763414 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Krewerd Device: Pocketbook Inkpad 4 Color; Samsung Galaxy Tab S6	You can order the BeBook online. And as Slovakia is part of the EU and even uses the Euro, it shouldn't be a problem at all. And the BeBook is a Hanlin v3.

06-14-2009, 02:23 AM	#25
Abelturd Little Fuzzy Soldier Posts: 580 Karma: 5711 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Nowhere in particular. Device: cybook gen3, htc hero, ipaq 214	Thanks Sweetpea for clarification.

06-14-2009, 09:02 AM	#26
Ezmegaz Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Slovakia Device: none - phone whit ebook reader software	Abelturd I saw that website, what sells sony 505 in slovakia- its 377 Eur... In the worlds other country it cost only 270 dollars. The price is duplicated.

06-14-2009, 09:07 AM	#27
Ezmegaz Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Slovakia Device: none - phone whit ebook reader software	Sweetpea "Two restrictions apply: The winner must pick a device that is officially purchasable in his or her country " Shit, your right! So practically i cant win.... But thx for all replyes for all. Maybe if i could go abroad i can buy for myself a device.