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Originally Posted by astra_lestat
Could not agree more.
I think the reader is a superb gadget for what it is supposed to be - BOOK. Trying to fill it with additional things that start with a cloak and finish with OS, would turn it into palm or whatever other handheld small computers are out there, however it is not a purpose of the reader.
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I'm hardly disappointed by Sony and their so-called "update".
I've found actually no improvements, no features which is MUST have (available for most of existing ebook reading software) - stuff I've get used to while using different devices:
- still no multi-language unicode text support (instead of adding option of user-uploadable font files, developers actually disabled this ability in new firmware, forcing reader to latin encoding
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- still no text input and text search - now it is virtually impossible to find book on loaded 2 gb flash card (with 7,000 books loaded). I'm not even talking about full text search - just about text search by title and author. No attempt made to add any kind of joystick-based screen keyboard; no way to add named bookmarks; no way to organize books into folders;
- no useful ZOOM for PDF files. It's still ureadable.
- no way do develop external plugins for other e-book formats e.e. prc, fb2, tcr
- no support for even BASIC text formatting features e.g. inline pictures, soft hypenation symbols etc ...
And it gets now even worse...
