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Originally Posted by avid01
To sum it up! What do we have so far:
PocketBook Touch Lux 3 (2015): price?, Oxford dictionary for an additional $10.50 (where to buy?), E-Ink Carta 212 dpi display, capacitive touchscreen (according to MobileRead)
The product video says it has ABBYY-Lingvo dictionary built in, which doesn't seem to work single-language.
How about the scratch resistance of the screens of any of the above devices? Compared to an average smartphone or tablet. |
The Pocketbook availability is going to depend on where you are. I got mine on
Amazon, since it's not officially sold by Pocketbook in the US. I also got a fairly inexpensive cover there.
http://www.pocketbook-int.com/us/pro...ok-touch-lux-3
The FAQ on the Touch Lux "support" page (firmware upgrades, donwloads), lists Bookland as a place to buy dictionaries.
http://www.bookland.com/eng
I can't really say how "scratch resistant" these are compared to other things. I've been reading on eInk since about 2005 and never managed to scratch my screen. I always keep my readers in covers, so they don't lie about uncovered to be inadvertently scratch. At least some of the early Sony readers came with a stylus, which I imagine would make them more likely to get scratched. I never did.
I had the 500, 505, 300/600, 350/650 [fave of the Sony line], and T1. I've also had a Kindle 1, PW2, PW3, and a Voyage [fave of the Kindle line]. Plus a Touch Lux 1 and Touch Lux 3. There might have been an older generation Pocketbook, I don't remember. I'm not counting the eBookwise here because it wasn't eInk. I think that captures them all - and wow, how embarrassing!
The point of it is...all those. No scratches. What I consider reasonable care.
ETA: Oops, also had a 1st Generation Nook and the 1st or 2nd generation Nook Glowlight (can't remember which - it was not the white one. So if there was more than one with a big border and was black or maybe grayish, it was the 2nd one. Otherwise, it was the first one). The only brand regularly discussed on this board I haven't tried is a Kobo. At the time I was interested, the firmware was significantly buggy. Now that people seem happier with their Kobo's, I can't see one "in the wild" and I'm not willing to buy one without seeing it in action first.