feature - question from a not-yet-owner.

thorn · 04-07-2009, 02:09 PM

just keeping my hand on the e-reader pulse. kindle2 owner for now; no expectation of being brand-loyal, however. kindle was just a more-economical way to get the features that i can't live without.

a feature i can't live without (in addition to the ability to underline/mark and annotate), is cross-title searchability. iRex doesn't say anything about this on its site. (at least, not that i could find.) can one search the entire iRex device? can one have a dictionary installed for automatic word-lookup? (i realize that this might depend upon the model.) it seems like a great device; thinking that an iRex may be my next e-reader, down the road.

pthwaite · 04-07-2009, 03:23 PM

Searching across the entire DR1000, no. At least not as far as I can tell.
It has dictionary facilities and it does work within the open document, though getting back to where you left off is not as intuitive as it could be, though that is probably a usage thing.

thorn · 04-08-2009, 12:13 AM

i am confident that it will 'get there'. good to know it's not there yet, though! thanks.

curbarthedog · 04-08-2009, 04:20 AM

If the DR1000 could run Java applications, it may be possible to use "Puggle". This is an "offline" desktop search programme. From what I can work out, you basically index your SD card on your computer and then use a Java application to retrieve the info on a mobile device.

I put a post a little further down the forum but I guess by the lack of responses Java is not an option.

04-07-2009, 02:09 PM	#1
thorn Connoisseur Posts: 91 Karma: 7940 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: currently: ipod touch	feature - question from a not-yet-owner. just keeping my hand on the e-reader pulse. kindle2 owner for now; no expectation of being brand-loyal, however. kindle was just a more-economical way to get the features that i can't live without. a feature i can't live without (in addition to the ability to underline/mark and annotate), is cross-title searchability. iRex doesn't say anything about this on its site. (at least, not that i could find.) can one search the entire iRex device? can one have a dictionary installed for automatic word-lookup? (i realize that this might depend upon the model.) it seems like a great device; thinking that an iRex may be my next e-reader, down the road.

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04-07-2009, 03:23 PM	#2
pthwaite Fanatic Posts: 597 Karma: 430 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Ellesmere Port, UK Device: DR1000S Sony PRS505 iPad iPhone	Searching across the entire DR1000, no. At least not as far as I can tell. It has dictionary facilities and it does work within the open document, though getting back to where you left off is not as intuitive as it could be, though that is probably a usage thing.

04-08-2009, 12:13 AM	#3
thorn Connoisseur Posts: 91 Karma: 7940 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: currently: ipod touch	i am confident that it will 'get there'. good to know it's not there yet, though! thanks.

04-08-2009, 04:20 AM	#4
curbarthedog Enthusiast Posts: 45 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2008 Device: Iliad	If the DR1000 could run Java applications, it may be possible to use "Puggle". This is an "offline" desktop search programme. From what I can work out, you basically index your SD card on your computer and then use a Java application to retrieve the info on a mobile device. I put a post a little further down the forum but I guess by the lack of responses Java is not an option.

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