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xendula · 12-21-2012, 09:24 PM

You will notice that I was not only talking about the device software itself, but also about the ecosystem that yro would be buying into.

I read in English, French, German and Spanish and used to teach languages. I also am a regular on the various amazon sites (mostly .fr and .de, but registered with the .com), so my recommendation is based on all of this. I doubt any other reader comes with the RAE and Oxord dictionaries, as well as a multitude of other good ones, with no extra charge, and lets you set up a dictionary per language (we're not talking swapping one for the other in the settings when needed), and, at the same time, has the same amount of foreign content available, but I would be interested to know if I'm wong here.

The only other eink readers I own at the moment are a Nook ST and a Bookeeen Cybook O HD FL. I also am familiar with Kobo content, and have played around with the Kobo Touch, and I have a myriad of ereading apps installed on my tablets.

To me, the store, dictionaries and ease of finding foreign content without the use of a computer at all are very strong arguments. And then there is the stellar customer service, a lit HD screen and great interface, but those features are unrelated to the OP questions.

Also, no, I have never even seen a Pocketbook in person. Have you compared it to the Kindle Paperwhite, and if so, how does it fare in comparisin?

12-21-2012, 09:24 PM	#9
xendula eBookworm Posts: 2,300 Karma: 4525746 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: East Coast brrrrr Device: Kindle 4B/K ~ Nexus 7 ~ Kindle Paperwhite 1&2 ~ iPad Air	You will notice that I was not only talking about the device software itself, but also about the ecosystem that yro would be buying into. I read in English, French, German and Spanish and used to teach languages. I also am a regular on the various amazon sites (mostly .fr and .de, but registered with the .com), so my recommendation is based on all of this. I doubt any other reader comes with the RAE and Oxord dictionaries, as well as a multitude of other good ones, with no extra charge, and lets you set up a dictionary per language (we're not talking swapping one for the other in the settings when needed), and, at the same time, has the same amount of foreign content available, but I would be interested to know if I'm wong here. The only other eink readers I own at the moment are a Nook ST and a Bookeeen Cybook O HD FL. I also am familiar with Kobo content, and have played around with the Kobo Touch, and I have a myriad of ereading apps installed on my tablets. To me, the store, dictionaries and ease of finding foreign content without the use of a computer at all are very strong arguments. And then there is the stellar customer service, a lit HD screen and great interface, but those features are unrelated to the OP questions. Also, no, I have never even seen a Pocketbook in person. Have you compared it to the Kindle Paperwhite, and if so, how does it fare in comparisin? Last edited by xendula; 12-22-2012 at 03:22 AM.