Sharp's new Papyrus Pocket Dictionary does a whole lot more

by Paul Miller, posted Jun 1st 2006 at 2:43PM

These vaguely defined "dictionary" devices never really caught on here in the States, but they're quite the thing in Japan, and it's not hard to figure out why with the specs on display in this Papyrus ASV Pocket Dictionary PW-N8100 from Sharp. The "ASV" stands for Advanced Super View, and refers to the 5.4-inch 480 x 272 color LCD. The device of course does the dictionary thing and can help with English, Chinese and Korean, but the real fun comes with the audio and video playback. There's also a "brain age" game, the Nintendo version of which seems to have moved quite a few DS units. The dictionary also comes in a PW-A8410 monochrome version, but where's the fun in that?

[Via Akihabara]

Filed under: Handhelds

Tags: dictionary, pw-n8100, sharp

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Sandor @ Jan 18th 2007 9:49PM

These dictionaries will never measure up to the free ones on the web www.onelook.com or www.super55.com or a mobile device that has internet access as sthese are continually updatet and maintained. (no need to buy or download updates pay continuous fees etc...)

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C B @ May 26th 2008 8:06PM

Pocket dictionaries measure up to the internet ones without too much hassle, considering almost all dictionaries these days have written character input recognition, at a minimal fraction of the cost of any mobile device that can do the same thing.

It will be years before pocket dictionaries are obsoleted.

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tarcio cordova @ Sep 1st 2008 10:05AM

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