- 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
Actually, I have an electronic dictionary, and am thinking about doing just that - when ARM A9 netbooks come out next year. Current netbooks are a bit large/battery-hungry for my liking.
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.
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why don't you just buy a netbook and install dictionary software.... much more useful.
p.s. please take the m.j. crap to the place it belongs... you know, articles that actually are related to it.
You're so wrong. This things typically:
- 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.
okay, didn't know that. thanks for the info, never had one :P.
Actually, I have an electronic dictionary, and am thinking about doing just that - when ARM A9 netbooks come out next year. Current netbooks are a bit large/battery-hungry for my liking.
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.