01-31-2009, 06:40 AM | #46 |
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Yes, that's very important. I almost forgot about that. Haali reader's dictionary works like that (it looks up the closest word to the one you're searching for).
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01-31-2009, 06:45 AM | #47 |
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Well, the other major ereaders competitors are going to be released in 2010, so I guess Bookeen is not in a hurry and will release the next firmware update in December 2009, early 2010.
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In 2010 they will have to come with new generation of devices to keep their share of the market, because solely new firmware won't be enough. |
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01-31-2009, 07:01 AM | #49 |
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Don't forget that outside the USA's market, the Cybook doesn't have a real competitor, besides the BeBook.
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01-31-2009, 07:12 AM | #50 |
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Not entirely true, PRS-505 is becoming very popular in Europe. And Hanlin V3 (which I suppose is only a different name for Bebook) is a very good competitor. If I was to decide now which one to buy (hanlin or cybook) I would probably go with the hanlin as I can see how dynamic the OI community is in comparison to bookeen. Not to mention that hw-wise it's superior (32 mb ram) and it's cheaper.
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I have to disagree with you. No other device displays MobiPocket books as well as the CyBook does, and no other 6" device supports Mobi dictionary lookup at all.
Not to mention that, in the UK at least, the CyBook is considerably cheaper than the BeBook. |
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Even though I don't have a hands on experience with hanlin, I believe it could do as good a job as cybook with non-drm mobipocket files and it would allow you to make better use of the screen as you can set up the size of margins. Another thing, I don't know how good is hanlin's drm support, not that it would really matter to me. Anyway, Mobipocket's prc is not my format of choice as it's proprietary, I prefer html or xml, something you can edit and convert and customize to your own liking. Last edited by Abelturd; 01-31-2009 at 07:34 AM. |
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Apparently it's highly unlikely ever to, since pretty much all Mobi dictionaries use DRM, and OI will not support Mobi DRM.
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Hi Jelby,
Yes, I know there's the Webster's but someone said on a different thread that OI have no plans to support Mobi dictionaries because of the DRM issue. Apparently they support something called "DICT" format, which I know nothing about. I don't know whether or not one can remove DRM from dictionaries - I have no reason to attempt to remove it from mine. |
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There is always stardict and wordnet and other ways how to make your own dictionary by converting a database of another dictionary you bought. It doesn't have to be a mobi dictionary at all, on the contrary. Haali reader has it's own format for dictionaries and it has a tool you can make it with. And IMHO haalis dictionary lookup is way better than mobipocket's.
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True, but having spent a great deal of money on a truly excellent Mobi dictionary (the Chambers 10th Edition Unabridged dictionary) I'd really like to be able to continue using it!
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Ah, that's different. I thought you meant even if OI supported dictionaries, it would be useless because dictionaries have DRM. Against that, I explained that it's possible to get DRM-free dictionaries. But if OI doesn't implement dictionary support, then it's useless to talk about that
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Let's not forget that OI is not a corporation or a company but a bunch of enthusiasts and if they decide to write a dictionary (which in my opinion is a trivial task for them once they had made up their mind on what it should look like), they might as well do so without having to go through a lenghty approval process on the management level, from one day to another (with enough poking and hinting from the users). Or you could even write the dictionary yourself, taking into account that OI is an open source project. Sure, most of us don't have the skill to pull it off, but isn't it nice just to know that the possibility is there? Last edited by Abelturd; 01-31-2009 at 08:49 AM. Reason: typo |
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