Greetings denkbert
Unfortunately as you may have already seen, there is no current e-ink device that does everything that you want
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- 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.
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Searching text is as far as I am aware only available on the Kindle. It may be available on the iRex Illiad, but as i don't own one, I'm not sure.
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- Support for PDF files, regardless of the file being a PDF filled with images (unprocessed book scans) or a normal text-PDF.
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PDF support is currently best on the Illiad, due to uts larger size and touchscreen, and the Sony PRS 505, which has the best support in the 6" readers.
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- Support for images in JPG and, if possible, PNG.
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I believe that all the readors on the market provide support for JPEG and GIFsand I trhink PNG as well but am not sure of the last. The Sony has a few more shades of grey available, I believe, which does provide a sharper image.
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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.
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Native support for fonts and other languages is best on the Cybook Gen3, which allows you to easily load any TTF font.
I believe the Hanlin v3 also offers support for chinese at least, not sure of Japanese or other asian languages. Similarly, the Soribook does provide support for Korean, but againg not sure about other languages.
The Sony does support other languages, if the fonts are embedded in a PDF, but native support is not available without hacking the firmware, as far as I know.
The Kindle unfortunately does not support any non western language, as some of our members have found.
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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.
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Sorting is bit of a mixed bag. First, except for the Illiad & I THINK the Hanlin v3, which have folder support, all have a flat single level file listing. The Gen3 does allow sorting based on File Path, Name, etc but is still quiet limited. Am Not really sure of the options available on the others.
I think the Illiad may provide many of the things you are looking for, but as I don't have one, perhaps someone with it could enlighten us with its capabilities.
The only option that I can think off that provides everything you are looking for would be a non e-ink device like a Tablet PC. THe disadvantage is that you have to use a pc, and the lowered battery life.