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I need the lookup feature of the T1 regularly. The excessive use of the thesaurus by some authors has made it more necessary than I would like, but I'm just going to assume this will become increasingly more prevalent as time goes by.
- To point one: Yes, the page on the browser does remain open. One click, and one touch will bring you back to the book. To get back to the browser you need to press "home" - right arrow - "browser", the last page viewed will be shown.
If you select a word in the book, the dictionary will pop up at the bottom of the screen, and you can select from the inbuilt variety (no Finnish or Swedish, sadly). Furthermore, you will have the options Wiki and Google. If you use them, the page in the browser will be adjusted accordingly, and the device will display the result. When finished, you can select "continue reading".
The T1 is an Eink device, which means it is slow! However, compared to the Kindle and the Kobo Touch, the web-interface works quite well. I have no idea if the Nook might be better, since I've not had a chance to try it. As the Barnes & Nobelö ereader isn't even available in Europe, it's likely a moot issue.
Point two: No.
This would be such a nice feature, and it's not even over the top. We are talking about ebooks, which are digitised media. Why can't they give us the usability inherent to the technology? I'm assuming the geeks who design and build these things just don't use them.
Finally: The WiFi eats battery power en gros. Whilst continually reading, the T1 lost one half of a full charge in two days with WiFi on.
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