JE-EJ electronic dictionaries

This page contains information about E-J and J-E electronic dictionaries, either hand-held, or PC-based.

Hand-held dictionaries

Sony

Sony's DD-IC100 is pretty slick because its only dictionaries are embedded, ie. burned on an integrated circuit (IC.) Other models like the DD-150 are bulkier because they let you read 3.5" EBXA CD-ROMs, which are those used in the original DataDiscman devices. A cheaper IC-based model is the DD-IC90.

http://www.sony.co.jp/sd/CorporateCruise/Press/199906/99-0610/
http://www.callnet.co.jp/review/ichioshi6.htm
http://www.biwa.ne.jp/~udakaden/new/sony/book.html
http://www.sony.co.jp/sd/ProductsPark/Models/Old/DD-IC100_J_1/)

Seiko

Seiko SR-8000, SR-900, SR-750, SD-7000
RM2000

Sharp

Zaurus. PW-5000 and PW-6000

Canon

WordTank (IDX-9500, IDX-9700, or IDJ-9000)

http://www.sasugabooks.com/store/browse.html?&title=wordtank&hence=index.htm

Casio

XD-S2100
XD-H7200

Ectaco

Partner EF400T

PC-based dictionaries

Edict

JDIC, WinJDIC, etc.

jeKai

jQuickTrans

Resources

http://www.japan-direct.com/index.asp The latest Electronic Gadgets shipped directly from Japan..

From: "Shawn" <shoujin@home.com>

Newsgroups: sci.lang.japan

Subject: Re: Canon Wordtank IDF-4000

Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2001 20:07:27 -0700

> I happened to discover the IDX-9700 they were selling is not the

> lastest Wordtank model, so I'm in the market for the IDF-4000,

> something that should last me awhile.

Just a note on electronic dictionaries, I've used an older version of the wordtank before, however while in Japan last month I picked up Casio's new XD-S2100,

http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~LP1S-SWD/hanbai/jisyo/casio/xd-s1100-2100/xd_s2100_1100.html and I have to tell you it puts the WordTank to shame. For the serious learners, I think that you really want something that has $B9-<-1q (B built in, as well as colloquial expression, and proverbs, and many sample sentences.

The word tank has none of these things, though the casio has them all.

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