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Old 05-10-2008, 03:42 PM   #40
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But it's rather lacking in many ways. It has no dictionary lookup facilities (a major shortcoming). You can't load your own fonts onto it (an even more major shortcoming). It doesn't support font families.
Those "major" shortcommings are both your opinion. I have yet to want to look up a word and the built in font is fine for me.

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You can't replace the battery.
This is true... however the battery will last for quite a while.

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Yes, the Sony is cheap, but "cheap" and "good value" are not necessarily the same thing. As with most things in life, you get what you pay for.
Sorry, with all the buggy problems people have had with the CyBook, it seems to be the "cheap" device to me, even being $100 more than the Sony. No, if I was going to spend $400 on a reader, it will be the Kindle at this point.

Sony is a good solid reader, with no bugs and the features that you need to read ebooks, for a great price. You can't deny that no matter how many times you protest that the CyBook is "better". What good are all those features if the think crashes and pages don't turn when you push the button?

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