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[Sweetpea]

Originally Posted by lev

noooo!! it has to be either silver or black....wife says silver, I say black..i like silver too but just worried about light reflecting with night light...

but the biggest problem is my indecisiveness!!!
!!HELP!!

That's why you should pick red.... (where two bogs fight for a bone, the third will walk away with it!)

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

hm, no french dictionary option and choice of language from the settings means if my friend goes to new york i can ask him to buy me one there and probably save about 30%, since i imagine the only conversion they will do will be to change the currency (i.e. 300$ = 300€). i hope there will be french language dictionary support added somehow though, it seems really a glaring oversight to provide only english dictionaries but sell the device in non-anglophone countries...

Can he pick one up for me too?

And I doubt there will be other language dictionaries... Maybe there is the possibility for users to add their own/

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by Sweetpea

Can he pick one up for me too?

maybe, but you'll have to get it from paris, somehow...

And I doubt there will be other language dictionaries... Maybe there is the possibility for users to add their own/

i'm hoping for a user-developped hack, with some luck. particularly as i heard it could be possible to use dictionaries from other formats (like mobipocket) with epub, although i don't know how exactly to do it.

what do you say, igorsk ? need a new project ? :fingerscrossed:

[Ea]

Originally Posted by lev

noooo!! it has to be either silver or black....wife says silver, I say black..i like silver too but just worried about light reflecting with night light...

but the biggest problem is my indecisiveness!!!
!!HELP!!

On the silver current 505, the screen itself it more reflective than the casing, which is matte.

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

.... i hope there will be french language dictionary support added somehow though, it seems really a glaring oversight to provide only english dictionaries but sell the device in non-anglophone countries...

It makes me a bit relieved as I will probably have to buy from another European country, and since you can't replace the dictionary, I wouldn't want to end up with a German or Dutch or French one, since I only need an ENglish.

[Sweetpea]

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

maybe, but you'll have to get it from paris, somehow...

Ok. I'll go visit my brother, and then go to Paris. It's about 3 hours, 45 minutes from him (and about 7 hours from here). It would still be cheaper

[lev]

I know in japan sony has an e-reader where you can use different dictionaries on memory card. my wife was showing me on their site once. seemed like quite a few different dictionaries so I guess it would be possible to use whatever system they are using on these.

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by Sweetpea

Ok. I'll go visit my brother, and then go to Paris. It's about 3 hours, 45 minutes from him (and about 7 hours from here). It would still be cheaper

good plan ! we should have a "sweetpea special" meetup ! now i must go badger my friend to get a ticket for new york... (i hope he will get through customs with eleventy new liseuses in his suitcase ! )

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by lev

I know in japan sony has an e-reader where you can use different dictionaries on memory card. my wife was showing me on their site once. seemed like quite a few different dictionaries so I guess it would be possible to use whatever system they are using on these.

a system like that would be really worth looking into. i'm hoping someone can figure out a way to look how the integrated dictionary works, and then allow you to add your own.

[lev]

Originally Posted by Ea

On the silver current 505, the screen itself it more reflective than the casing, which is matte.

so no reflection under the sun on the casing? I'm a bit worried that it might be distracting as I live on a tropical island with strong sun. otherwise the silver does look nice (and make the wife happy!)

btw, will these also come with leather cover or will we have to order them separately?

[lev]

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

a system like that would be really worth looking into. i'm hoping someone can figure out a way to look how the integrated dictionary works, and then allow you to add your own.

here's the sony japan site with their e-reader. below you can see all the dictionaries. unfortunately its in japanese so don't know if it will be useful.
their reader sort of resembles the kindle in style..

http://www.sony.jp/products/Consumer...00EP/acce.html

and here's the site translated by google

http://translate.google.com/translat...%26rls%3Den-us

they seem to have german to japanese etc translation dictionaries. and have the fench one too.

[kazbates]

Igorsk, the darn Karma police won't let me give you any Karma, so I will say a BIG THANK YOU for staying on the top of this and reporting it all so quickly. You are AWESOME!!

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by lev

here's the sony japan site with their e-reader. below you can see all the dictionaries. unfortunately its in japanese so don't know if it will be useful.
their reader sort of resembles the kindle in style..

http://www.sony.jp/products/Consumer...00EP/acce.html

and here's the site translated by google

http://translate.google.com/translat...%26rls%3Den-us

they seem to have german to japanese etc translation dictionaries. and have the fench one too.

hm, interesting ! the librie is still available in japan ? i didn't know about the external dictionary support for that device. very very interesting. thank you for the links. hopefully someone clever who happens to also have a librie *cough*igorsk*cough* can take a look how it works...

Originally Posted by kazbates

Igorsk, the darn Karma police won't let me give you any Karma, so I will say a BIG THANK YOU for staying on the top of this and reporting it all so quickly. You are AWESOME!!

yes, igorsk is a star.

[Ea]

Originally Posted by lev

so no reflection under the sun on the casing? I'm a bit worried that it might be distracting as I live on a tropical island with strong sun. otherwise the silver does look nice (and make the wife happy!)

btw, will these also come with leather cover or will we have to order them separately?

I live in a Nordic country with much less sun However, I have sat outside with a Cybook (black) and a Hanlin V3 (also black), and they got very hot in the sun, so much so that I was worried they would get overheated.

I just too two photos - not under a sun, it's overcast - but directly under a halogen lamp. They show how the screen and the case reflects light.

[lev]

Originally Posted by Ea

I live in a Nordic country with much less sun However, I have sat outside with a Cybook (black) and a Hanlin V3 (also black), and they got very hot in the sun, so much so that I was worried they would get overheated.

I just too two photos - not under a sun, it's overcast - but directly under a halogen lamp. They show how the screen and the case reflects light.

thanks for the photos! in the pics they don't seem to reflect the light at all, esp compared to the screen. one question though, how do people read in the dark if the screen reflects the light so much? does this mean we have to get the special lighting that is sold at sony? I was hoping to use the book light which I already have for reading my books in bed.

[Ea]

Originally Posted by lev

thanks for the photos! in the pics they don't seem to reflect the light at all, esp compared to the screen. one question though, how do people read in the dark if the screen reflects the light so much? does this mean we have to get the special lighting that is sold at sony? I was hoping to use the book light which I already have for reading my books in bed.

This is a direct, strong lightsource right down on the screen. When I use a clip-on book light, I position it so that it's a bit to the side and the light is coming in at an angle.

In the photos it was a strong halogen bulb, 15 cm from the screen, as I tried to show how there's very little, if any, glare from the casing, even if it's a light metallic colour. The screen doesn't bother me with 'normal' use.

[lev]

Originally Posted by Ea

This is a direct, strong lightsource right down on the screen. When I use a clip-on book light, I position it so that it's a bit to the side and the light is coming in at an angle.

In the photos it was a strong halogen bulb, 15 cm from the screen, as I tried to show how there's very little, if any, glare from the casing, even if it's a light metallic colour. The screen doesn't bother me with 'normal' use.

thanks for your help. wife is sitting next to me with a big smile on her face. damn the reflection theory was my strong point and looks like I'm out of excuses...