Kobo the right choice? - Page 3

SeaBookGuy · 12-07-2010, 01:27 PM

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Originally Posted by jsites

<-works at a Borders.

But the coolest feature is if you are reading a book, and come across a word you don't know, just double-tap it with the stylus, and it launches the built-in dictionary and gives you the definition of the word.

Thanks for the info!

I'll relate the experience of reading my print book during takeoff, running across two words I did not know, and muttering to the pilots, "Hurry up, already!" so I could get out my device (at 10,000 feet) and look
them up!

erictoma · 12-07-2010, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by SeaBookGuy

Thanks for the info!

I'll relate the experience of reading my print book during takeoff, running across two words I did not know, and muttering to the pilots, "Hurry up, already!" so I could get out my device (at 10,000 feet) and look
them up!

Kobo also has a built in dictionary

ProfCrash · 12-07-2010, 02:37 PM

I think most of the major e-readers have built in dictionaries. The difference is the ease of use.

Sony's is the easiest because you can do the double tap. The Kindle uses the directional pad to move to the line and word that you want to define. I am not sure how it works on the Nook Classic but people have complained that it is not easy. I would guess that the Nook Color uses a double tap similar to the SOny. I have no clue how it works on the Kobo.

hpjrt · 12-07-2010, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by erictoma

Kobo also has a built in dictionary

That's only with the WiFi version ... and it's only applicable to books purchased from Kobobooks.com ... no?

dmacmart · 12-08-2010, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by hpjrt

That's only with the WiFi version ... and it's only applicable to books purchased from Kobobooks.com ... no?

The dictionary currently only works on the Kobo WiFi, and only to books from Kobo in native format. There is a software upgrade for the original Kobo, in beta testing right now, that includes the dictionary. No confirmation on whether the dictionary support will be extended to ePubs on either platform.

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12-07-2010, 02:37 PM	#33
ProfCrash Tea Enthusiast Posts: 8,554 Karma: 75384937 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Somewhere in the USA Device: Kindle1, Kindle DX Graphite, K3 3G, IPad 3, PW2	I think most of the major e-readers have built in dictionaries. The difference is the ease of use. Sony's is the easiest because you can do the double tap. The Kindle uses the directional pad to move to the line and word that you want to define. I am not sure how it works on the Nook Classic but people have complained that it is not easy. I would guess that the Nook Color uses a double tap similar to the SOny. I have no clue how it works on the Kobo.