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He's obviously never used a recent ereader. My Paperwhite, purchased back in 2013, can look up words in dictionaries and do many other "smart" things (even more if I used wifi).

One function I frequently use is: if a character was introduced at the beginning of the novel, dropped, then turns up again, I find myself thinking "who is this, I know the name, but can't remember who she is?" Then I can tap the name, search in the book and find the first instance (every instance in fact) of the name; I go to the first, find out the basic details then press the backward pointing arrow at the top to go back to the page I was reading.

People who use wifi can get little bios of each character in some books, and many other features such as a list of words which have been looked up in the past.

The quick tap dictionary check enables me to obtain the EXACT meaning of words of which I know the GENERAL meaning, thereby making my vocabulary more precise.

I don't call that stupid. My Sony 505, still going strong, has a great font, but not these 'smart' features.

Who says ereaders are dumb? Not those who use them!