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Originally Posted by Kleki
2) Besides that magazine I expect to mostly read fiction. Around one half will be German books (my native language) and one half English language books with the occasional Swedish one inbetween. Figuring that Mobipocket is the predominant format for Entlish and epub nowadays for German it would probably be a good idea if the device would support both. I guess that speaks for Cybook or Bebook. Not sure about DRM, though. If they only support one DRM format I'll be stuck again. Or can you easily convert DRMed books?
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The ePub format support will be added to the Cybook in the next firmware update. I would wait a couple of weeks before making a decision (as Bookeen is usually very silent with their customers about future updates. And it's been a while since the last one (although new hardware comes with a newer firmware, that wasn't released to the olders customers yet).
Anyway, Mobipocket support is very good on the Cybook. When it supports ePub, it might be your correct choice. However, wait for the firmware release.
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3) What about dictionary lookup? I understand it is only possible to use mobipocket dictionaries and to only lookup from within mobipocket files. Is that correct? Is Cybook the only one capable of that? Could you somehow search directly in the dictionary without selecting a word from your current reding?
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Yes, you can read the dictionary ebook.
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4) Somewhat related to the previous question. Can I search full text within a normal novel with any of the devices?
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I don't know about the other formats, but with the Cybook you can't.
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5) How is the support of these companies? Any to prefer in respect to regular firmware updates?
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Bookeen (Cybook) is not very open or regular with their firmware updates or to listen their clients' suggestions. Just check out the numerous threads in this forum.
It has scheduled a firware update in this 1st quarter, that will ass PDF reflow and ePub support. Of course, we still don't know anything about a better library management (directories/folders, etc), zip support, page count, etc, that are constantly requested by the customers.
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6) How is the usability? Sony and Bebook seem to have more buttons. Is that an advantage?
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As far as I know, no advantage at all. Of course, if one day a search geature is added, it would be nice to have a keyboard like the Kindle 2...