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Originally Posted by yunti

I've been weighing up buying a new ebook reader either the sony 900 or the Irex 800S. I've pretty much decided against the 800S as it's very expensive vs the 900 and yet again Irex hasn't developed the software properly (I previously had an Iliad which was atrocious.)

Before I purchase I had a couple of questions:

1- Dictionary - Can I install different ones or is it the inbuilt one only?
2- Dictionary lookup - can I look up from Pdf's and epub's
3- Is there any log of dictionay lookups etc (so I can refer back to them)
4- annotate, can I annotate on both pdf's and epub;s
5- Does it do reflow/font change size on both pdf/epub
6- Can I zoom (and keep the same level of zoom for that book) on epub/pdf?
7- Crop border - does this work well - or is it a bit flaky?
8- How accurate is the annotation - easy to make notes or more a scrawl?
9-Is the glare of the screen an issue?
10- Saving annotations - is there any limitation on this? Do I just save a new pdf epub with annotations or are they saved as a layer to the existing file?

Thanks for your help

1. The built-in is all you can use, but there are two, not one
2. Yes, both work
3. Not that I know of
4. Yes, can create on both
5. Yes, on both
6. As far as I can tell you can't keep the zoom — you zoom, you look but it goes away after you try to turn the page.
7. I would say it depends a lot on the way your epub is formatted, seems to differ from one title to another.
8. You can get used to it Much easier with the stylus than a fingernail.
9. It can be, but can usually be resolved quickly.
10. Haven't created that many. They're saved automatically when you create them. I'm not sure what exactly you're asking with respect to the layer s I don't think they ever become part of the book.