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Why would anyone want to buy this iFAIL!

Looks like a nintendo DS with a Keyboard instead of the second screen.]]>Mar 13th 2009 11:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/irivers-dicple-d35-and-d31-remind-us-of-just-how-much-well-nev/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/irivers-dicple-d35-and-d31-remind-us-of-just-how-much-well-nev/Mar 13th 2009 11:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/irivers-dicple-d35-and-d31-remind-us-of-just-how-much-well-nev/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/irivers-dicple-d35-and-d31-remind-us-of-just-how-much-well-nev/
As for the look I think it's pretty damn stylish (continuing iriver's pattern of great design without just following the me-too trend)... certainly a hell of a lot better-looking than my Japanese dictionary (which also cost the same as your Dell, but quite a few years ago). I'd be a bit concerned about battery life with that nice backlit screen - then again, a backlit screen is the main thing I'd like that my own dictionary doesn't have! (My one lasts about 30 hours on a pair of triple-A rechargeables, meaning that I always have spares ready-charged as well...)

by the way I don't disagree that using a netbook rather than an electronic dictionary might be a good move, in fact i've considered it. but in addition to being a bit big, it is definitely a lot more expensive when you include the cost of the dictionaries, and the battery life is really low - one more reason why I'm hoping ARM9-based netbooks will arrive before hell freezes over and be a good performance option.]]>Mar 14th 2009 5:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/irivers-dicple-d35-and-d31-remind-us-of-just-how-much-well-nev/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/irivers-dicple-d35-and-d31-remind-us-of-just-how-much-well-nev/]]>Mar 13th 2009 11:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/irivers-dicple-d35-and-d31-remind-us-of-just-how-much-well-nev/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/irivers-dicple-d35-and-d31-remind-us-of-just-how-much-well-nev/Mar 13th 2009 11:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/irivers-dicple-d35-and-d31-remind-us-of-just-how-much-well-nev/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/irivers-dicple-d35-and-d31-remind-us-of-just-how-much-well-nev/
Dick People?
Dick Pimple?

"How much ram you got there in you Dicple?"]]>Mar 13th 2009 11:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/irivers-dicple-d35-and-d31-remind-us-of-just-how-much-well-nev/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/irivers-dicple-d35-and-d31-remind-us-of-just-how-much-well-nev/
*badum pish*]]>Mar 13th 2009 3:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/irivers-dicple-d35-and-d31-remind-us-of-just-how-much-well-nev/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/irivers-dicple-d35-and-d31-remind-us-of-just-how-much-well-nev/Mar 13th 2009 11:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/irivers-dicple-d35-and-d31-remind-us-of-just-how-much-well-nev/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/irivers-dicple-d35-and-d31-remind-us-of-just-how-much-well-nev/
And for the looks, i prefer this to former incarnation, it looks more.....peppy. :)]]>Mar 13th 2009 11:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/irivers-dicple-d35-and-d31-remind-us-of-just-how-much-well-nev/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/irivers-dicple-d35-and-d31-remind-us-of-just-how-much-well-nev/Mar 13th 2009 11:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/irivers-dicple-d35-and-d31-remind-us-of-just-how-much-well-nev/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/irivers-dicple-d35-and-d31-remind-us-of-just-how-much-well-nev/Mar 13th 2009 11:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/irivers-dicple-d35-and-d31-remind-us-of-just-how-much-well-nev/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/irivers-dicple-d35-and-d31-remind-us-of-just-how-much-well-nev/
Progress Rocks

JC]]>Mar 13th 2009 12:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/irivers-dicple-d35-and-d31-remind-us-of-just-how-much-well-nev/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/irivers-dicple-d35-and-d31-remind-us-of-just-how-much-well-nev/Mar 13th 2009 12:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/irivers-dicple-d35-and-d31-remind-us-of-just-how-much-well-nev/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/irivers-dicple-d35-and-d31-remind-us-of-just-how-much-well-nev/Mar 13th 2009 4:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/irivers-dicple-d35-and-d31-remind-us-of-just-how-much-well-nev/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/irivers-dicple-d35-and-d31-remind-us-of-just-how-much-well-nev/
Kids have to be at school till 9 PM, and then they have after-school tutoring till 2 AM. Then they have to wake up at 7 AM and go to school all over again. During this time, I'd say about 25% of this time is spent on studying English, so they need to have a good electronic dictionary.

It's even better when these dictionaries come with multimedia functions, so that kids can watch TV or listen to songs during recess. It's so much better to carry one device that does everything well, rather than to carry a dictionary + a DMB tuner + an MP3 player + a PDA...

As for the name, it stands for "Dictionary + Player", incase anyone was wondering. Good thing they aren't selling these here, lol.]]>Mar 13th 2009 12:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/irivers-dicple-d35-and-d31-remind-us-of-just-how-much-well-nev/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/irivers-dicple-d35-and-d31-remind-us-of-just-how-much-well-nev/
If you cut sleeptime that short theres no point to study as you need sleep to learn.]]>Mar 13th 2009 1:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/irivers-dicple-d35-and-d31-remind-us-of-just-how-much-well-nev/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/irivers-dicple-d35-and-d31-remind-us-of-just-how-much-well-nev/Mar 13th 2009 5:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/irivers-dicple-d35-and-d31-remind-us-of-just-how-much-well-nev/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/irivers-dicple-d35-and-d31-remind-us-of-just-how-much-well-nev/
The longer school time was implemented to prevent kids from going to tutors after-school, because that takes away the importance of paying attention in school and it's a financial burden on parents, but that totally backfired... kids just ended up going to tutors at later times. I hear that Japan and some cities in China are like this as well.

Kids in North America should be really thankful for their easy schooling, but Obama was talking about increasing school hours to get American kids to be more competent... He said Korean kids get approx. 1 month more of school hours than American kids. Maybe every country will have crazy school hours like Asian countries in the future.. LOL]]>Mar 13th 2009 5:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/irivers-dicple-d35-and-d31-remind-us-of-just-how-much-well-nev/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/irivers-dicple-d35-and-d31-remind-us-of-just-how-much-well-nev/
just lool]]>Mar 13th 2009 12:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/irivers-dicple-d35-and-d31-remind-us-of-just-how-much-well-nev/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/irivers-dicple-d35-and-d31-remind-us-of-just-how-much-well-nev/Mar 13th 2009 1:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/irivers-dicple-d35-and-d31-remind-us-of-just-how-much-well-nev/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/irivers-dicple-d35-and-d31-remind-us-of-just-how-much-well-nev/Mar 13th 2009 3:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/irivers-dicple-d35-and-d31-remind-us-of-just-how-much-well-nev/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/irivers-dicple-d35-and-d31-remind-us-of-just-how-much-well-nev/Mar 14th 2009 11:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/irivers-dicple-d35-and-d31-remind-us-of-just-how-much-well-nev/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/irivers-dicple-d35-and-d31-remind-us-of-just-how-much-well-nev/Mar 14th 2009 6:28PM