http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/sharp-launches-brain-pw-ac900-e-dictionary-in-japan/ Engadget Comments for Sharp launches Brain PW-AC900 e-dictionary in Japan http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/sharp-launches-brain-pw-ac900-e-dictionary-in-japan/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/sharp-launches-brain-pw-ac900-e-dictionary-in-japan/Jun 25th 2009 8:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/sharp-launches-brain-pw-ac900-e-dictionary-in-japan/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/sharp-launches-brain-pw-ac900-e-dictionary-in-japan/Jun 25th 2009 8:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/sharp-launches-brain-pw-ac900-e-dictionary-in-japan/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/sharp-launches-brain-pw-ac900-e-dictionary-in-japan/Jun 25th 2009 8:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/sharp-launches-brain-pw-ac900-e-dictionary-in-japan/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/sharp-launches-brain-pw-ac900-e-dictionary-in-japan/Jun 25th 2009 8:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/sharp-launches-brain-pw-ac900-e-dictionary-in-japan/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/sharp-launches-brain-pw-ac900-e-dictionary-in-japan/Jun 26th 2009 12:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/sharp-launches-brain-pw-ac900-e-dictionary-in-japan/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/sharp-launches-brain-pw-ac900-e-dictionary-in-japan/Jun 25th 2009 8:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/sharp-launches-brain-pw-ac900-e-dictionary-in-japan/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/sharp-launches-brain-pw-ac900-e-dictionary-in-japan/
(and its hilarious how we refuse to stop this chain)]]>Jun 25th 2009 8:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/sharp-launches-brain-pw-ac900-e-dictionary-in-japan/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/sharp-launches-brain-pw-ac900-e-dictionary-in-japan/Jun 25th 2009 8:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/sharp-launches-brain-pw-ac900-e-dictionary-in-japan/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/sharp-launches-brain-pw-ac900-e-dictionary-in-japan/Jun 25th 2009 9:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/sharp-launches-brain-pw-ac900-e-dictionary-in-japan/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/sharp-launches-brain-pw-ac900-e-dictionary-in-japan/Jun 25th 2009 10:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/sharp-launches-brain-pw-ac900-e-dictionary-in-japan/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/sharp-launches-brain-pw-ac900-e-dictionary-in-japan/Jun 25th 2009 8:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/sharp-launches-brain-pw-ac900-e-dictionary-in-japan/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/sharp-launches-brain-pw-ac900-e-dictionary-in-japan/Jun 25th 2009 8:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/sharp-launches-brain-pw-ac900-e-dictionary-in-japan/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/sharp-launches-brain-pw-ac900-e-dictionary-in-japan/Jun 25th 2009 8:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/sharp-launches-brain-pw-ac900-e-dictionary-in-japan/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/sharp-launches-brain-pw-ac900-e-dictionary-in-japan/
now to the dictionary: it looks great i hope they release this in America i travel a lot and sometimes at home i want to communicate with the Mexicans cleaning my house. ]]>Jun 25th 2009 8:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/sharp-launches-brain-pw-ac900-e-dictionary-in-japan/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/sharp-launches-brain-pw-ac900-e-dictionary-in-japan/Jun 25th 2009 8:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/sharp-launches-brain-pw-ac900-e-dictionary-in-japan/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/sharp-launches-brain-pw-ac900-e-dictionary-in-japan/Jun 25th 2009 9:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/sharp-launches-brain-pw-ac900-e-dictionary-in-japan/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/sharp-launches-brain-pw-ac900-e-dictionary-in-japan/Jun 26th 2009 12:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/sharp-launches-brain-pw-ac900-e-dictionary-in-japan/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/sharp-launches-brain-pw-ac900-e-dictionary-in-japan/Jun 25th 2009 9:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/sharp-launches-brain-pw-ac900-e-dictionary-in-japan/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/sharp-launches-brain-pw-ac900-e-dictionary-in-japan/Jun 25th 2009 9:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/sharp-launches-brain-pw-ac900-e-dictionary-in-japan/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/sharp-launches-brain-pw-ac900-e-dictionary-in-japan/Jun 25th 2009 9:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/sharp-launches-brain-pw-ac900-e-dictionary-in-japan/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/sharp-launches-brain-pw-ac900-e-dictionary-in-japan/
*waits to get low ranked*]]>Jun 25th 2009 9:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/sharp-launches-brain-pw-ac900-e-dictionary-in-japan/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/sharp-launches-brain-pw-ac900-e-dictionary-in-japan/Jun 25th 2009 11:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/sharp-launches-brain-pw-ac900-e-dictionary-in-japan/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/sharp-launches-brain-pw-ac900-e-dictionary-in-japan/
we want a michael article!!!]]>Jun 25th 2009 9:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/sharp-launches-brain-pw-ac900-e-dictionary-in-japan/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/sharp-launches-brain-pw-ac900-e-dictionary-in-japan/
P.S. If Michael had died 10 years ago, I would've cared but with all of the crap he does now I don't really give a rat's ass.]]>Jun 25th 2009 10:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/sharp-launches-brain-pw-ac900-e-dictionary-in-japan/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/sharp-launches-brain-pw-ac900-e-dictionary-in-japan/Jun 26th 2009 3:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/sharp-launches-brain-pw-ac900-e-dictionary-in-japan/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/sharp-launches-brain-pw-ac900-e-dictionary-in-japan/
p.s. please take the m.j. crap to the place it belongs... you know, articles that actually are related to it. ]]>Jun 26th 2009 5:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/sharp-launches-brain-pw-ac900-e-dictionary-in-japan/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/sharp-launches-brain-pw-ac900-e-dictionary-in-japan/
- Weigh nothing
- Are pocketable
- Have instant On (and Off)
- Survive for months on AA-batteries
- Have tens (if not a hundred) of dictionaries built-in
- Let you write Kanji directly on the screen

They are exceptional are single-purpose devices.

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Supposing I use it for an hour a day, my current electronic dictionary lasts probably about a month on a pair of AAAs. Which is great! But, I mostly use it at home where power/size is not a major issue - and niceties like a backlit screen would be better.

I haven't worked out yet whether you can buy the right dictionaries (Kenkyusha full version J-E is a must for me) in electronic format that would work on a Linux-based netbook, but if so, I'll consider that - and keep the little Canon for travel use.

Lack of touchscreen would be a bit of a downer but I can draw kanji with mouse/touchpad...

By the way, I believe you can also obtain dictionaries for other portable devices (Windows Mobile etc) which makes another option. I do think electronic dictionaries might be heading slowly in the direction of irrelevance.]]>Jun 26th 2009 7:51AM