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NatCh · 10-06-2008, 10:21 AM

I'm suspicious the answer to that is going to be "no" -- the 700's search and annotation functions seem to rely on a virtual keyboard with touch-screen input. That's not possible on the 505, of course.

In order to implement some proxy using the existing hardware buttons on the 505, it would be necessary to re-write the interface.

I think Sony could probably pull that off (assuming there aren't any other, less visible hardware limitations in the way

), but it seems to me that anybody else would have a rather tough go of it.

10-06-2008, 10:21 AM	#2
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	I'm suspicious the answer to that is going to be "no" -- the 700's search and annotation functions seem to rely on a virtual keyboard with touch-screen input. That's not possible on the 505, of course. In order to implement some proxy using the existing hardware buttons on the 505, it would be necessary to re-write the interface. I think Sony could probably pull that off (assuming there aren't any other, less visible hardware limitations in the way ), but it seems to me that anybody else would have a rather tough go of it.