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Originally Posted by spirits
When the time comes and you want to trade in for something that can read international characters, which e-ink reader do you think can sell better? Cybook or Amazon Kindle?
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The Kindle has more "toys", but I think the CyBook is without any shadow of a doubt the better
reader and, at the end of the day that is, for me, what matters.
One of the biggest restrictions (IMHO) of the Kindle is that fact that it has only a single font. Compare that to the CyBook onto which you can load any TrueType or OpenType fonts that you wish, and select any font (in any of 12 different sizes) to read a book with. It also fully supports font families, so that if you load the italic version of a particular font onto the device, then italics get rendered using that proper italic font, rather than merely "sloping" the normal font.
Another major benefit of the Gen3 is its dictionary support. The Kindle has a built-in dictionary, but there are (I believe) no alternatives available. The Gen3 can use any of the 300+ different dictionaries that MobiPocket sell, and supports lookups in multiple dictionaries simultaneously.
The Gen3 also supports more file formats than the Kindle with native supports for HTML, for example. Sure, you can convert files easily enough, but being able to view them natively is a lot more convenient.
Which do I think would re-sell better? The Gen3, without a doubt, to anyone who's done their research and knows which is the better book reader.