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Originally Posted by Ankh
Dictionary support is essential feature for me, but I am not sure that the best way to handle it is for Sony to bundle it with every PRS-700.
It is obvious to me that this feature is not essential for a whole bunch of users, and the question is why should they be forced to pay for the content that they don't want?
What I want from Sony is to make their reading software "dictionary aware", handle word selection and provide clear interface for launching external dictionaries. If that is done, the community will kick in with "non-copyrighted" solutions, and content providers (Merriam-Webster, Oxford) would hopefully be able to sell us one of their dictionaries that can fit our individual needs and pockets.
My 2 cents.
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That is one of the oddest arguments I have ever seen, someone supporting the lack of a feature. People would be not be paying extra for it. The device is going to cost $400 and the feature is one that should already be implemented to compete with the kindle. You think it makes sense that after paying that amount for the device we should outlay more money for a dictionary. That is beyond preposterous considering it has to compete with whispernet. While the new features are nice it will cost nearly a hundred more then the kindle after Oprah's discount, and would go a great deal further to interest many people in the device. I plan on replacing my kindle with a prs 700 because I expect them to provide the feature later one but many people will wait.