Posted in Japanese Dictionaries, Japanese Language, Reviews on Jan 26th, 2010 No Comments »
The Canon Wordtank V330 was released on January 20th around the same time that Casio put out more than 10 new models. The third generation in the V300 line, you wouldn’t think there’d be much to get excited about in the V330. But you would be wrong.
The biggest change from V320 released last year [...]
Posted in Japanese Dictionaries, Japanese Language, Reviews on Jan 19th, 2010 1 Comment »
This last Monday Casio released its 2010 line of Japanese dictionaries, and next Monday the foreign language models will come out. All of the 2010 Japanese electronic dictionaries feature an improved color TFT touch screen as well as a number of new features. Later this week I’ll write an in depth review of the flagship [...]
Posted in Japanese Dictionaries, Reviews on Jul 8th, 2009 1 Comment »
You probably haven’t heard about the Casio XD-GF6500 – but that doesn’t mean it’s not worth mentioning. Though a bit light on the Japanese/English dictionaries (it just includes the Progressive Japanese to English and a pair of Genius dictionaries), the Japanese pronuncation content is fantastic.
The XD-GF6500 is Casio’s first model to include more than the [...]
Posted in Japanese Dictionaries, Reviews on Jun 10th, 2009 No Comments »
The Canon Wordtank V823 and Wordtank V923 were released in the spring of 2009 and didn’t generate much of a buzz in the foreign Japanese language study community. But they are quite worthy of note!
Both the Canon Wordtank V823 and V923 contain a Japanese dictionary (Shin Meikai) with 75,000 words that all have Japanese audio [...]
Posted in Japanese Dictionaries on Mar 10th, 2009 9 Comments »
Casio released their new line-up of 2009 models at the end of last February. They replace their electronic dictionaries every year, so this is no surprise. While there are no major differences between the 2008 and 2009 models, we’ll take a look at their new line-up.
All of the new 2009 Casio models include the following [...]
Posted in Japanese Dictionaries, Reviews on Feb 19th, 2008 15 Comments »
Today the Casio XD-G9700 finally arrived. Right now I have it sitting in front of me next to its predecessor, the Casio XD-GW9600. The XD-GW9600 has been a favorite among foreign students of Japanese since its release, and is clearly the best electronic dictionary for professional translators as well. The two models are of course [...]
Posted in Japanese Dictionaries on Jan 30th, 2008 12 Comments »
Casio’s February 2008 Electronic Dictionary lineup has been announced. There are no notable improvementa in the dictionary content for non-native speakers of Japanese, but the functionality has been improved with "twin touch panels." Now words on the screen can be selected with the stylus pen as well. On-screen scrolling can also be done by touching [...]
Posted in Japanese Dictionaries, Japanese Language, Reviews on May 14th, 2007 71 Comments »
I didn’t even notice the Casio XD-GW9600 until recently, though it was released in late February. But after looking over the included dictionaries (40 “contents” in all), I began to feel a glimmer of excitement. Here at last we have a Japanese Electronic Dictionary that is focused on English and Japanese [...]
Posted in Japanese Dictionaries, Japanese Language, Reviews on Mar 10th, 2007 43 Comments »
The Canon Wordtank V300 was released on February 2, 2007 with little fanfare. But with this model Canon has introduced a number of features that mark a significant departure from existing Wordtanks. The included dictionaries themselves are nothing spectacular, but the surrounding functions transform the interface.
The main additions are:
SD card slot
MP3 player
PC [...]
Posted in Japanese Dictionaries, Japanese Language, Reviews on Feb 16th, 2006 7 Comments »
The Seiko SR-E9000 (full dictionary list information here) was released in February of 2005. The most attractive features are backlight available only in a few Seiko models and the 1,800,000 word Japanese/English (both ways) dictionary. This mammoth of a dictionary is also available in CD-ROM form on Amazon Japan for the enormous sum of 101,254 [...]