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Originally Posted by Robertb
Dear lugmaninbmor:
Search is coming on other Astak models but works best with a soft keyboard. A soft keyboard takes Touchscreen. Touchscreen means about a 30% drop in resolution.
I agree fully that Dictionary Support needs to be on the device and we are working now to do this in a firmware upgrade. Remember... the Pocket PRO's siblings are sold in Asia and Europe. Maybe all the dialects and languages lessen the need for dictionary support there. Here we need it!!
You will love the Slate Blue. It is gorgeous in your hand.
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A soft-keyboard is possible to implement even without a touch screen. You could use the jogwheel as a selector or divide the soft-keyboard into sections each of which are toggled by one of the number keys (I believe that one of the Netronix-clones does something similar with the directional controller). The Jetbook implements search using a T9 system with the numbered buttons, similar to how texting is implemented on a non-Qwerty cell phone. It might not be as good as a touch screen soft keyboard, but it is still useful as the users of that device will tell you. Remember, for search to be useful, you only need to be able to enter a few words (which is approximately the same level of difficulty as entering the name on the credit card which you used to encode your EReader DRMed books). This can be done with the numerical buttons or with a combination of jog-wheel soft-keyboard. Taking notes, however, would require a soft or hard keyboard to be anything other than an annoyance.