Sharp 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.

5 Responses to “Sharp Electronics PW-E550 Electronic Dictionary”

1. N. B. Kennedy says:

   April 25, 2010 at 12:00 am

   I 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?!?
2. J. Sanchez says:

   April 24, 2010 at 12:00 am

   I love it!!! Muy practico, facil de utilizar y es mucho mejor que un dicionario. lo utilizo todos los dias.
3. Harpster says:

   April 18, 2010 at 12:00 am

   Very nice portable electronic dictionary. I use it all the time. The screen is difficult to read sometimes, depends on the lighting. If they fix the screen, it will get 5 stars!
4. A. Bray says:

   April 14, 2010 at 12:00 am

   Works as advertised. This is the best one I’ve tried. Until one comes along that is build into my eyeglasses I’ll probably stick with it.
5. Tess Harris says:

   April 10, 2010 at 12:00 am

   I am so excited about this digital dictionary. So handy, and convenient.

   I carry this wherever I go, especially if i have a book with me to read.

   I no longer have to wonder what a word means, unless the word is not in this dictionary,

   which is why I’m only giving this a four star – because of limited word content, only 250,000.

   Another thing that would have been very nice – a case or a pouch to protect this gadget while in my purse.

   I had to buy a case/pouch for it because I’m afraid it would break while i lug it around.

   There really isn’t a case/pouch for it out there that perfectly fit.

   I had to settle for something that’s a bit big – a pouch for a Kindle Reader which cost me $15.

   And i didn’t like that!