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Originally Posted by Prestidigitweeze
Inline dictionaries are the ones which are usually included with the reader and which give you definitions the moment you select a word. On my Kindle Keyboard, the only two choices are American and British English, whereas on my Sony Reader, I have multiple language dictionaries. However, later firmware updates for more recent Kindle models (such as the Kindle Touch) seem to include more languages. I'd look into multiple inline dictionaries on the Kobo, which might well have them.
The Wikipedia option is there for looking up information on the web, but I haven't used it since first trying out my Kindle, as web surfing with the majority of e-readers tends to be frustrating. What tend to be more useful are note-taking apps, which are available on the Sony and Kindle.
Readers with newer features are being released all around. There's going to be a lighted Kindle, for example, which, like the new Nook ST Glow, will have a switchable light within the screen that allows for less accessory-driven reading in the dark.
If you can afford to wait, there's no harm. For one thing, the models you might be satisfied with now will either get cheaper or be available refurbished in numbers as people who want the latest return the readers they've just bought.
First, Kobo does have dedicated apps for smartphones, laptops &tc.
Second, using the e-book conversion and library management application Calibre (which is available for all platforms and all readers you're considering) will allow you to not only read articles from the web in e-book form but download subscriptions to them regularly. |
Once again, thank you for your informative answers, very helpful
Regarding the Kobo apps, I know it has apps but I don't think it has anything like this
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/d...hrome-ntp-icon
Also may I ask, which would you personally go for? K4, KT or wait for a newer model of either?
In terms of reliability / battery life do you rate them the same?