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Originally Posted by mlknack
Will current Jetbooks be able to upgrade to the new software? Fry's has a sale on the Jetbook this week and I was wondering about buying one now or waiting until the next sale after Apr 2nd. (After much debate and analysis, I decided the Jetbook, on sale, is a good, reasonalbly priced replacement for my REB1100)
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Called tech support on April 2. Update will not occur until the summer, maybe later. When it does, all jetbooks can upgrade.
I am currently learning Spanish and have a number of Spanish language books. I want to click on a word and get an immediate definition in a subwindow. Although the Kindle will do this, it does not currently support a default Spanish-English dictionary (it may in the future). The Jetbook has an included Spanish-English dictionary of about 200,000 words (according to tech support) and WILL give definitions in a subwindow via clicking on a word. There are limitations. No support for verb inflections in Spanish. If you click on an inflected verb, I assume, no definition. The dictionaries only support files in text format and the coming software upgrade will NOT change this.
With this information I ordered the jetbook for myself ($199 at Newegg.com) and the kindle2 for my wife on the same day. After using both for a few weeks I will report the comparisons. Based on what I have researched, the Jetbook and Irex Reader (very expensive, short battery life) probably do the best job of defining Spanish words to English. Although the Cybook can define words, you must buy a Spanish-English mobipocket dictionary. With the dictionary installed there are too many clicks involved to reasonably look up many words on a page. The dictionary on the Cybook only works with mobipocket books. I also have read that definitions open up in a page refresh on the Cybook which is another drawback.