[takikura]

Hi

I am looking for an eBookreader, better than I have now, for learning German.
I have Kindle Keyboard, Sory PRS-650 and Boox 60. I also have an Android tablet with Android 3.2 and iPod.
I have been testing the ebook reading software available on or for these gadgets.

What I like to do are;

1. To read as many German story books within a limited time. Since my knowledge of the German language is elementary and I am 62 years old, I need an excelent built in Germany-English dictionary. I also need to have a log of checked German words for testing how many of them I can still remember after few days. For this purpose I used e-Ink book readers, so that I do not damage my eyes further.

2. To read German magazines and text books in colour with the help of German-English dictionaries.

What I think are good readers for these purposes are as follows;

1. Onyx Reader developed by Eduardo Terol which run on the Onyx Boox 60 (Please google and visit his home page to find out the functionarities of this excellent reader. What is not explained in the home page is its efficiency of finding the basic form of German words which change their form violently in sentences depending on cases, sexes, modes etc. There are wide differences of the dictionariy software's capability for coping with this problem. Good German-English dictionaries look to have information for helping the software to reach the basic form of the words from their changed forms.
The worst software: Original Boox 60 (beBook Neo) dictionary software. It hits German words only when they are used in their basic form in sentences. Totaly useless. I bought this reader because this was one of the first readers claiming that they could handle German dictionaries. At that time german dictionaries were not available for Kindles and Sony Readers.
So So software: Those which can handle the declension of nouns and adjectives and conjugation of verbs but cannot handle verbs with separable prefixes. Built in dictionary software of i2 Reader and eBookMobion my iPod and ColorDict and Fora Dictionary on my Android tablet. Pons German-English dictionary on Kindle Keyboard.
Good one: The ones which can handle verbs with separable prefixes. Dictionay Universal made by Dmitry Zhuk for iPod, Collins German-English dictionary on the Sony PRS-650. The best one is OnyxReader built in dictionay made by Eduardo.

The above are my opinions which may not be very objective as I do not use the ipod and the android tablet so often for reading books. If you find some errors in the above please correct them. I intend to do some tests of how quickly I can reach the basic form of German words and get their meanings in English and put the results in an Exel sheet for comparison in the near future.

2. There are not so many sets of software which can handle PDF files with searchable transparent text attached to them. I found the Mantano reader on my android tablet is a good one for this purpose and can handle these files relaively well . The ebookMobi on my iPod also can handle them. The former uses the ColorDict and the latter has its own dictionary software which can use stardict format which all the other dictionary software mentioned above can handle. I would appreicate it very much if you could let me know which other software for the android tablet and iPod/iPad can handle this type of PDF files.

Time is running out. I now have to write my weekly report. If you are learning languages, please let me know which ebook reader you have found is good for that purpose.

Thanks

takikura