The rM2 basically isn't an e-reader. It's a PDF viewer with a focus on annotation, and it's a notebook. Any ability to read ebooks is just circumstantial.
You and the other commenters who are saying this know that... devices can do multiple things, right? That's why phones don't just call people anymore.
Anyway, I don't really see why reading a PDF means one wouldn't need a dictionary. A lot of PDFs - that I read anyway - tend to be more technical stuff; looking stuff up is helpful there too.
Just because a device can do something, doesn't mean it should. The RM team, for all their faults, were intentionally minimalist, and did not set out to make their device an e-reader. Complaining that the non-e-reader reads e-books poorly is just missing the focus of the device. It's about imitating paper but without futzing around with reams of actual paper.
I’m a little surprised at the pushback, too. I read lots of things on other devices where it’s easy to select a new word and see its meaning. And it seems like such an incredibly cheap feature to implement and support that I can’t imaging not having it.
