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Originally Posted by ravenlife
Thanks polly,
Its looking like I'm swinging between the sony 650 and the kindle. Just a case of having a play with them now to see if i like the button placement, as you say its personal so what works for one might not work for me. I do like the idea of the touch screen now that you mention it.
I presume you can use touch gestures to select words for looking up in the dictionary?
Cheers again
Richie
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Yes, a double tap selects a word and opens a dictionary window. The x50s come with 10 dictionaries. Two English only (one British and one American) for word definitions and eight language dictionaries (to and from French, Italian, Dutch, German, and Spanish). You set the default dictionary, but can also select a different dictionary after you've chosen a word. A double tap in the corner bookmarks the page, a tap over the page number lets you move around in the book. You can also draw on the screen and enter text with an onscreen keyboard, but I've never had a need for those. The touch screen is especially helpful in books with footnotes or endnotes and periodicals with lots of navigation options.