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There should be no need for Firmware updates once the dictionary is supported.
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How does the current software know to look up the word at all? The software on the device would need to be updated, yeah? or, am I using the term improperly?
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What I really would like to see is a good dictionary implemented as a true feature of the reader, and not as a linked separate book (ok Sony?): you select a word, and the reader shows a fast pop-up window with the translation or definition.
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I also don't want a separate book as a dictionary - I do that already - which is why I think an update is needed. Also, that would be uncompetitive design on the part of Sony (considering some other readers - the Kindle 2 for example - already have a highlight & define feature).
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Go to settings -> select dictionary -> oxford/webster/american heritage. While reading -> double-tap to select word (like current search feature) -> single tap selected word to get definition (like adding a note to a bookmark - because I don't like the "pop-up window" feel that this feature seems to have with other readers)
Integrates into the current design and workflows of the device - and, most importantly, we didn't have to interrupt our reading to close the book we were reading; navigate to our dictionary; open it; and look up the word; then close out of the dictionary....you get the idea.
Cheers,
J