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Old 12-31-2010, 07:17 AM   #893
Polyglot27
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Paris, France
Device: Cybook Gen3, Archos 80 G9, Sony PRS-650, Sony T1, Asus MemoPad.
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Originally Posted by zeppo View Post
Hello, MGMueller

You seem like the perfect person to ask...

I am interested in an eink-reader for three things (no particular order):

1) Read books in Spanish with which I can easily translate passages to English

2) Read classic literature (in English)

3) Have easy access to dictionary definitions of words. With regular books I most often just skip them and assume I'm getting the gist, and in many cases this is true-- but this feature would really add precision to my vocabulary. I only wish it had been so easy when I was growing up!


I picked up Nook on sale for $99 (reg $149).
I also have been tipped off that a Kindle is heading my way as a Christmas gift (wont be a problem to return if necessary.)
These seem to be the two leaders anyway, but perhaps there's a better choice out there for my needs.

Seems to me a touch screen would be big advantage here, but maybe not-- that is, maybe a joystick is not much trouble. I believe the Kindle has wikipedia access as wifi??? That would also be useful, much like the dictionary.
Hi, I think the Sony PRS-650 is the answer to all the above requirements. I have had one for 3 months now. It has a good Spanish-English dictionary built in (in addition to French, German and Italian) and the Oxford Dictionary of the English Language. This dictionary is almost like a small encyclopedia since it also has names of people and places listed, unlike other "dictionaries" which exclude all proper names. So it is very good for reading English classics because you can even look up information about people and places. The touch screen is a big plus too because you can simply tap the word on the screen twice and a window will open at the bottom of the page. This really beat moving the cursor to the word by repeatedly pressing on the direction buttons (like on my Cybook).
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