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				Search Engine - another feature all ebooks should have
			 
			
			
			A simple search engine lets you find your place in a book, or a quote or a topic in any book in the currently loaded library. 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
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			Well, it's more a hardware/software issue than ebook issue.  The Kindle has a search capability, and it does take some time to index something when you first put it on the device but after that it's great - search will give you results from the book, dictionary, and every other book on your device. 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
	Pretty handy. One of the reasons I picked the Kindle.  | 
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			The biggest hurdle for most of this newest batch of devices is entering the string you want to search for.  Obviously this doesn't apply to Kindle, since it has a keyboard, but entering a search string on the Sony or Cybook device would be a bit difficult.  While some sort of scheme could be worked out to manage the task, it would be fairly cumbersome, at best.  
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
	 
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			The Sony could do it if you did it like on a telephone keypad. Like you enter text with the average cell phone.
		 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
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