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denkbert · 09-04-2008, 04:25 PM

Hello everyone,
I've been lurking in these boards for quite a while now (some four years or so) and finally made sort of a decision to actually actively inform myself about the current e-reader market situation instead of waiting for the perfect device to come out (which could quite well be an Apple device, the "iBook Read" or something ... well, I wouldn't be surprised) ... anyway, since university textbook prices are really sucking the very lifeblood out of me and since I'm not willing to carry two and half pressed, bleached and bound trees in form of books around every time I go to university, I've decided that I'll get myself an ebook reader.

I do have, however, some sort of expections about the functions this ebook device should have. Since the company websites weren't, well, that informative, I thought you guys might help me out a bit

So, here are the things I'd like to see supported:

- In-text search. I don't actually care whether the device has an actual keyboard, a slave touchbad or a virtual keyboard or something like this integrated, but I would really want the device to sport some possibility of searching in the documents.
- Support for PDF files, regardless of the file being a PDF filled with images (unprocessed book scans) or a normal text-PDF.
- Support for images in JPG and, if possible, PNG.

Some optional, but not that important things I'd like to see in the device:
- Support for east asian languages, in my case japanese. Since I'm studying japanese language, history and literature, I will, in one or two years from now on, use sources in japanese languages and I will want to read these sources on my e-reader as well. Optional because I don't really need this option right now.

It'd be also quite cool if the reader offered the possibility of creating your own sorting options, comparable to mp3 playlists. I would use this option to thematically sort my books.

So, well, I'd be really grateful if you could tell me whether a device that meets my wishes actually exists (and what device that would be) and if not maybe give me a hint for other devices that would meet at least some of these wishes.

Many thanks in advance

09-04-2008, 04:25 PM	#1
denkbert Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: Kindle	Student looking for E-Reader with integrated text search Hello everyone, I've been lurking in these boards for quite a while now (some four years or so) and finally made sort of a decision to actually actively inform myself about the current e-reader market situation instead of waiting for the perfect device to come out (which could quite well be an Apple device, the "iBook Read" or something ... well, I wouldn't be surprised) ... anyway, since university textbook prices are really sucking the very lifeblood out of me and since I'm not willing to carry two and half pressed, bleached and bound trees in form of books around every time I go to university, I've decided that I'll get myself an ebook reader. I do have, however, some sort of expections about the functions this ebook device should have. Since the company websites weren't, well, that informative, I thought you guys might help me out a bit So, here are the things I'd like to see supported: - In-text search. I don't actually care whether the device has an actual keyboard, a slave touchbad or a virtual keyboard or something like this integrated, but I would really want the device to sport some possibility of searching in the documents. - Support for PDF files, regardless of the file being a PDF filled with images (unprocessed book scans) or a normal text-PDF. - Support for images in JPG and, if possible, PNG. Some optional, but not that important things I'd like to see in the device: - Support for east asian languages, in my case japanese. Since I'm studying japanese language, history and literature, I will, in one or two years from now on, use sources in japanese languages and I will want to read these sources on my e-reader as well. Optional because I don't really need this option right now. It'd be also quite cool if the reader offered the possibility of creating your own sorting options, comparable to mp3 playlists. I would use this option to thematically sort my books. So, well, I'd be really grateful if you could tell me whether a device that meets my wishes actually exists (and what device that would be) and if not maybe give me a hint for other devices that would meet at least some of these wishes. Many thanks in advance