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mdmorrissey · 05-19-2010, 07:17 AM

I have been researching ereaders for about 2 weeks now and until today had just about decided to buy the Cybook Opus for 230 euros from Hugendubel. Now that I have heard about the coming Pocketbook with dictionaries I am wondering if this would be a better choice. I would like to have an Italian-English dictionary on board, maybe German-English as well. I know from other forums that dictionaries are available for uploading to Sony 505, for example, but I have never seen them work. Hence my questions:

1. Is the Pocketbook 360 (or the upcoming one with the dictionaries) in fact the best ereader if you want a dictionary function (Italian-English)? Or can you just upload such dictionaries to other readers as well? What is the advantage of Pocketbook in this respect?
2. How much will the new Pocketbook 369 with dictionary (-ies) cost? More than the current 239 euros? Would it be better to buy the Pocketbook now and then ad the dictionary later, or would that cost more?
3. Where (in Germany--near Kassel?) can they be seen?
4. Can the battery be replaced by the user -- this is an advantage of the Cybook Opus.
5. Are other dictionaries planned for the Pocketbook 360 (e.g., Italian or English monolingual)?

05-19-2010, 07:17 AM	#13
mdmorrissey Addict Posts: 232 Karma: 262 Join Date: May 2010 Device: PocketBook 360	Pocketbook 360 best ereader with dictionary? I have been researching ereaders for about 2 weeks now and until today had just about decided to buy the Cybook Opus for 230 euros from Hugendubel. Now that I have heard about the coming Pocketbook with dictionaries I am wondering if this would be a better choice. I would like to have an Italian-English dictionary on board, maybe German-English as well. I know from other forums that dictionaries are available for uploading to Sony 505, for example, but I have never seen them work. Hence my questions: 1. Is the Pocketbook 360 (or the upcoming one with the dictionaries) in fact the best ereader if you want a dictionary function (Italian-English)? Or can you just upload such dictionaries to other readers as well? What is the advantage of Pocketbook in this respect? 2. How much will the new Pocketbook 369 with dictionary (-ies) cost? More than the current 239 euros? Would it be better to buy the Pocketbook now and then ad the dictionary later, or would that cost more? 3. Where (in Germany--near Kassel?) can they be seen? 4. Can the battery be replaced by the user -- this is an advantage of the Cybook Opus. 5. Are other dictionaries planned for the Pocketbook 360 (e.g., Italian or English monolingual)?