Thanks for the answers, guys!
Yeah, there doesn't seem to be anything with both touch and buttons in Paperwhite's price range (~120€ around here)
I liked to hold my old Kindle by the middle of the screen, which you simply can't do with touch. I think I'll have to revise my budget.
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Originally Posted by rcentros
I think if you like Kindle's dictionaries, and dictionaries (in general) are a high priority to you, you're probably going to be disappointed with most (all?) of the other choices. As far as I know, Sonys were and Kindles are the only eInk Readers that came/come with the Oxford Dictionaries.
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I can copy them from my Kindle dictionary folder, right? They all seem to be in mobipocket format. I just want something like Kindle's one-touch dictionary lookup method (
video), it's a huge save of time and nerves when learning foreign languages
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Originally Posted by haydnfan
All matte screen eink screens can suffer from that. I've never had that problem myself because I use covers to protect the screen. Switching out of the Amazon ecosystem is not going to improve build quality that way.
My advice is instead of switching to something else, buy a Paperwhite and a cover for it. You don't really have a compelling reason to change brands and you just learned how Amazon Kindles work.
As long as you use a cover, don't drop it, don't put it in a front pocket with keys or back pocket and sit on it the screen on even the Kindle basic should not be damaged.
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Hmm on my old one (I think it was 5th gen) it wasn't a problem at all. On the new one it's enough for it to fall from my hand face-down on a couch cushion. Interestingly, I always put it in the center console when driving, and all the rumbling and bouncing about from what passes for tarmac around here never seemed to do either one any harm
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Originally Posted by davidfor
But, I suspect that if you have a problem with the sidecar files on a Kindle, you won't be happy with a Kobo. The only thing I know that is in the sidecar files is the annotations and Kobo doesn't really support exporting their annotations. There are methods, but none are aimed at restoring them later. But, again, this can be done with a little fiddling. An advantage for the Kobo is it probably has the best integration with calibre of any device (note: maintain the KoboTouch driver and a plugin that adds a lot of function).
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Kindle seems to have the same general issue. It's not all that important to me though as long as I can make annotations.