my ideal ebook reader

[piranha]

firecat asked how the kobo falls short of my ideal, and a) it's a long list, and b) it's not that the kobo falls short in specific, but that all ereaders fall short at this point, so i thought i separate this from the reader review itself.

• full text search.
  
• full colour, high resolution, primarily to view images. though i could live with high-level grayscale instead and forget about reading graphic novels/comics on my ereader.
  
• comics view functions, if i get colour e-ink.
  
• foreground and background colour/contrast control.
  
• intuitive navigation.
  
• annotations: highlights, notes, drawings.
  
• clipboard.
  
• bookmarks.
  
• integrated dictionaries of my choice.
  
• wifi/3G/bluetooth (this is not a top requirement).
  
• if the above, then also integrated google/wikipedia lookup.
  
• integrated translation for several languages of my choice.
  
• several fonts of my choosing, as well as sizing.
  
• tagging of books.
  
• handle the major formats so i can stop converting.
  
• touch screen (pressure-sensitive stylus would work best for me, but multi-touch could make navigation very easy).
  
• handwriting recognition.
  
• split screen or easy switching back-and-forth so i can see different passages at once.
  
• open-source OS.
  
• external memory expandability.
  
• good library management.
  
• lightweight.
  
• decent battery life (a full day would be acceptable, a week would be fabulous), and quick charge.
  
• USB connectivity.
  
• rugged.
  
• well-priced (and naturally it should come with a pony).
  

i don't ask for much, do i. *snrk*.

i don't need easy integrated purchasing from anywhere i am, and i can totally live without wifi as well; that would just be nice for looking up information. i'm also fine without audio.

Comments

[jesse_the_k]

+1 and my magazine subscriptions. Oh! I would be so happy to have all the back issues of some of my specialist magazines!

[piranha]

and my craft pattern books. see, if i had tagging and search, OMG, i'd be in heaven.