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Release Date: 2004-07-05
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| Features• Full Contents from Best Selling Books
• Calculator and Spell Checker
• Metric/ Currency Converter
• Enchanced Search Function- Quick View
• Enchanced Search Function -Super Jump
A very good productThis is the only electronic dictionary I've ever owned. The reviews seemed mostly positive so I decided to give it a try. I've had it for a few months and so far I really like it. Its relatively small so I can carry it with me to class just in case and always have near by when I'm reading. It explains most words I need. There were few ocassions when the word was not in there and I had to use another dictionary, which is not a problem to me like I thought it would be. THe fact that the screen does not light up is not a problem to me either. Over all I think its a very good product.
Great little dictionaryThe PW-E550 works quite well. Lookups are very quick, and the interface is intuitive for both spouse & I (one a professional computer person, other NOT). Have not found much in the course of normal reading that this does NOT have. Definitions are sometimes a bit spartan; seem to drop some alternate meanings that a monster-dictionary might have, but they are always pretty obscure. Have had it a few months and no problem so far with battery life, durability, etc. Have not made use of some of the features like the "modern usage", which I tried a few times; didn't seem to be very useful to me, anyway, but YMMV. It's easy to ignore, anyway! Overall, a great little tool for readers, students, etc. and far quicker than leafing through a big dictionary (fits on the end table better, as well).
Fantastic But One IssueThis dictionary is fantastic! I love it. Except there is one problem i that really irritates me. There is NO WAY to really save the words you want to continually review. It has a HISTORY but it only consists of 30 words and is erased as new words are looked up!
I got my first electronic dictionary about 10 years ago. It was a Franklinl. I loved it but the buttons wore out. That Franklin dictionary had a way for you to save the words you really liked and wanted to remember. It also had a few simple games to help you build your vocabulary with the words you save. It was a good tool to learn to words and to learn how to spell them.
I've found almost every word that i've looked up in this dictionary. I just wish i had that one feature!!!!
Here are a list of words many of them science words that I've looked up. I'll also note the few I could not find.
Codon
Versimilitude
Chaos (Had info about the Chaos monster as the first created being in Greek Mythology)
Polyphyletic
Leviathan
Lacuna
Ostracon
Taxonomy
Equivocation
Cladogram
Propinquity
Here are two that I did not find
Socinian and concilience
More than I expectedI bought this for my wife because she wanted a portable dictionary. She not only got this feature but she got a spell check and a thesaurus that fits in her pocketbook. She is delighted with the gift.Sharp Electronics PW-E550 Electronic Dictionary
Beautiful little vocabulary helperI always intended to improve my vocabulary, but going about the task was elusive. Word-a-day calendars just weren't enough -- What if I already knew the word?!? Another day wasted! And I never seemed to have a dictionary handy wherever I happened to be reading. And, of course, by the time I did get to a dictionary, I couldn't remember that word that I didn't know. Besides... tiny dictionary type is getting a little hard for this person of a certain age to read.
My spouse got me this little electronic dictionary for Christmas. I LOVE it! It's so convenient to tap in those words now! I even take the trouble to look up words that I think I can figure out from their context, or have seen for years and think I know their meaning. How did I live without it?
It's incredibly easy to use, although I had to get used to two quirks. While on a computer you avoid the ESC key like the plague, here it takes you back to the previous screen. Also, the lack of a space key is confusing -- to look up a multiple-word term, you just keep typing without spaces.
But those are little complaints in the grand scheme of things. To have the Oxford English Dictionary at your fingertips is no small thing. I sometimes just type in random sequences of letters and call up words that catch my eye. Who'd a thunk (informal or humorous past and past participle of THINK) it?!?
Product DescriptionSharp Electronic Dictionary featuring full content from the best selling reference books: The New Oxford American Dictionary, Oxford American Thesaurus and Garner's Modern American Usage. Enchanced Search Functions that with filtered search, Sumper Jump and quick view. This unit offers a better viewing display with 2 sixe fonts and includes additonal features like spell check, crossword solver, anagram solver, calculator and also has a metric/currency converter.
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