Originally Posted by galavanter

Now don't get me wrong. I'm digging my jetBook still. Who wouldn't love a company this creative:

http://www.jetbook.net/images/toons/jetBook_Eng.swf

If that doesn't make you lust for a jetBook, take a look at Ectaco.com's front page:

http://www.ectaco.com/




I guess I was taken in by the above, and now here I sit, reading the preloaded NY state driver's manual on my jetBook, listening to the preloaded background music, which sounds like Alvin and the Chipmunks covering a Philip Glass composition. That is until (thankfully) it shuts off after a minute or two.

It's just that I'm feeling a little bamboozled at the moment. You see I spent quit a few hours trying to figure this out, finally reinstalling the software, only to find that it had been properly installed in the first place.

My issue with the dictionary apparently is really an issue with Ectaco's claims. See below (scroll down a bit) for the dictionary support claim:

http://www.jetbook.net/comparison.php

English-English it says, just like it says for my Kindle. Only my Kindle looks up words in books. That is what I thought Ectaco meant. I guess they meant only in text and fb2 files, because after loading epub, mobi, prc, and rtf files, I discovered that the dictionary support isn't there for those types.

Now it's not really a deal breaker, and maybe there is another explanation. It's always possible I am missing something here, just as my jetBook is missing the supposedly included Fodor's Travel Guide. After all, I am new to the ebook world. Well see what response I get from the Ectaco forum.

So let me get back to the driver's manual. I can't wait to see how it ends. I guess I can always exchange the jetBook at BB&B for a Sonicare toothbrush and some bamboo sheets.