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Originally Posted by bld
I have now in my PB360 only the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English (5th edition, 2009). It required some editing to display perfectly (detailed in the first post). In my opinion it is superb now, the best dictionary I ever had. It is very easy to use while reading a book and so far I have found every word I have searched for.
I also tested the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary (8th edition, 2010). It works fine, but I prefer the Longman.
If you want the hard cover, then there really isn't any other options than the PB360. I think you can use the PRS-350 with a finger, so no need to use a stulys. I'd suggest using the comparison matrix and looking at the "dictionary lookup" row for each reader.
As a summary I'd say you can get an excellent dictionary for the PB360 if you are willing to put some DIY into it and are willing to acquire the dictionary from a dubious source. Other readers (for example Kindle 3, Sony readers) offer better/easier out-of-box experience and official versions of dictionaries that you can buy. |
According to their user guide, you have to use the stylus for tiny areas, I have downloaded 24 user guides so far and put them in one folder, Poketbook 360 seems to please me a lot.
No frills, no extra buttons, no stylus, no touch screen !
Due the E ink screen refreshing limitations, those gadgets are not meant for word processing or drawing, since both of those operations require high refreshing rate, any keyboards or stylus would be like a burden rather then a useful tool.
Sony pocket version is like a car built with huge wings but not intended to fly.
One of the weirdest use of Sony stylus is hand writing annotations ! you write some "text" on the screen, BUT you have to name it using the virtual keyboard in order to be able to locate it using the search engine.
This a waste of time and memory.