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Originally Posted by Matthijs
The problem with dictionary support is the availability of dictionaries. In the Mobipocket days, dictionary support was part of the Mobi document format and it was possible for publishers to create a dictionary, protect it with DRM and sell it to end-users. End-users could then use these transparently, this was built into the Mobi SDK.
In the Adobe RMSDK, there is no support for dictionaries, so any dictionary support will have to be 'home-brew' and/or relying on open source dictionary software like e.g. StarDict. This reduces availability of dictionaries a lot.
We were initially planning for Online Lookup functionality in the DR800SG (using Wikipedia, Google, ...) but that went into the freezer for several reasons: technical, planning and business.
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So how come sony has dictionary? Also you missed a feature Sony added mp3 player, which is really nice if you want to read in the public transport instead of listening to surrounding noise - no firmware will fix that
In the end I want to see some reviews on how useful DR800s after firmware update because what I saw on youtube scarred me away. You change font size and tables in pdf disappear - not very good is it ? And the whole point of horizontal layout is that it should fit as much on the screen as possible not show the same thing horizontaly with huge margins... Again Sony got that right so it's possible. One more thing Sony gives nice leather cover with their reader why iRex can't do the same ? It's a bit ridiculous to spend £450 and then pay another £50 for leather cover which comes in one color, and it would be alright if that color was black not white.
I need a nice big screen(wide and tall) to read technical books but unless the software on this device starts working properly I won't consider spending £450... on something that it's alright unless you need to change font size. For that kind of price it must be a great device with spot on software that gives a great user experience.
Is the next generation of firmware going to address above issues? I know they want to add zoom, but does it mean changing font is going to ruin layout everytime and nobody sees a problem in it ?