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Old 01-02-2008, 05:41 PM   #11
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Philadelphia area
Device: EB1150, Cybook Gen3, Kobo Touch, Kobo Glo, Kobo Clara BW
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Originally Posted by JSWolf View Post
Of all the books I've read so far on the 50o and now 505, I have never once wanted to lookup any word in any dictionary.
I LOVE the dictionary on my EB1150 -- I use it all the time! I wish I'd had the ability to do this in a PB all those years, instead of having to roam about finding a dictionary and then wasting time searching for the word. Now it's just about instantaneous.

I'm a teacher, and it occurs to me that students would use the dictionary a lot more if it were this easy. Vocabulary is key in academic achievement.

For me, this is a major flaw of the Sony. Is it something that can be fixed by an update in future? If not, I doubt I'd buy the Sony.

[BTW, if anybody has a superb dictionary to recommend for the EB1150, please let me know. A number of words I've looked up (Random House Concise Dictionary) haven't been listed.]
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