“Sharp Electronics PW-E550 Dictionary” Wonderful handheld electronic dictionary. Easy to access and easy to read. Can’t say enough for it!
Product Description The Sharp PW-E550 electronic dictionary delivers comprehensive knowledge of the English language in a convenient and compact design. The over 250,000 definitions and 350,000 synonyms can be found in this 5 ounce (approx.) electronic reference tool that will fit in your pocket, briefcase, backpack, or purse. |
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Fantastic  I’m loving this e dictionary – very user friendly, very fast, so helpful for a budding writer like myself who needs to check up words every minute. I wish the it had a pronunciation key – that’s my one and only concern which is why I gave a 4 instead of 5…. Get this great device while you can but watch the price Then a week after I received it from them and had thoroughly mastered the device, I went up to Amazon to add a review and they weren’t even accepting reviews anymore and they said the device wasn’t available again! You couldn’t even read any of the 81 reviews it said were available. The best I could do was start a discussion post. Today I went back up and now I see that Amazon it offering the device again, but for approximately twice what they originally charged me! At least all the reviews are back. Enough of criticizing Amazon’s inconsistency. What about the device itself? If you’re looking for an electronic dictionary, don’t pass up a chance to get this one (if you can afford it!). I briefly flipped the pages through the manual, but the device itself is so intuitive, you don’t have to read the manual to figure everything out. It has an extremely well design user interface! Whoever put this thing together really knew what they were doing. The quality of the interface extends to the physical packaging. In spite of disclaimers in the enclosed manual about the robustness of the device, it seems solidly constructed and well-balanced when it is open. It is not likely to tip over, as the bottom is heavier than the lid which contains the display. Everything has a nice, solid feel to it and the keys are plenty big enough for someone like myself who wears a size large glove. The buttons are color-coded and attractive. I could not be more pleased with the design of this device. But I will be careful not to get it wet! They go on and on about avoiding moisture, so I’m going to take them seriously and treat this thing with respect. Do that and I’m sure it will last virtually forever. I’ve had the hard copy of this dictionary since the first week it was available on the bookshelves, I think about six years ago. I have lots of dictionaries, and this is my favorite. Now to have it in electronic form is a dream come true. Plus it has other features. I especially like the grammar book it contains: pretty long articles that are very conversational, for such a device, which is better suited to small, concise entries, which the typical dictionary is likely to have. Still, a very welcome addition, this grammar book. I like the fact that you can set the display to two different resolutions. If you have bad eyesight you may have to use the larger type but if you have good corrective glasses the smaller type is perfectly legible and of course you get more information per screen. I also appreciate how low keyed the device packaging is: no loud self-advertising, just a down-to-business, practical interface. It is worth it A pleasure to use — great keyboard, fast lookups, compact size The only negative is that it does not have a backlight for the screen, but neither do many of the other comparable dictionaries. Hopefully Sharp will smarten up and put that in a future version of the PW-E550. I believe this is BY FAR the best electronic dictionary you can get for less than $100, and no, I do not work for Sharp Electronics…. |
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4 Comments until now
best dictionary for your money
After reading and using franklin products, I have found this dictionary to be more comprehensive in meanings and is by far a more superior dictionary than the franklin. I purchased and returned the franklin collegiate dictionary. It was very difficult to see the screen and after some use, not user friendly nor did it have words that I was looking up. This sharp dictionary is much more user friendly however I must remember to push the super jump button before the thesaurus or I lose the word. I don’t care for the grammar, spell, or calculator functions since I don’t use it but it is handy. The buttons are soft which I don’t like but that’s the only gripe I have with it.
Don’t hesitate to buy this excellent product
This is the best electronic dictionary you can buy. Its design is practically perfect, and the books it contains are not “pocket” editions; they are big, first-rate references that you wouldn’t want to carry around with you (this dictionary is about the size of a Palm Pilot). It’s much more convenient to use than running to your PC every time you want to look up a word. Check the prices of the references in the PW-E550 and you will see it is worth every penny. Sharp also markets similar models in the UK and Canada. Each has its own advantages. The Canadian and British models contain the Oxford Dictionary of English instead of the New Oxford American Dictionary, and one of the Canadian models (the PW-E560) also has the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary, one of the best French-English, English-French dictionaries available. Sharp electronic dictionaries have lots of useful features, but two of the best are the Quick View button and the Super Jump button. The Quick View button instantly gives you a condensed view of long entries so that you can easily navigate to the part of speech or precise sense you are looking for. The Super Jump button allows you to jump to the definition of a word that appears within an entry, and then return to the first entry. Let’s hope Sharp is reading these rave reviews and decides to make more products like this.
A must for all adults
This electronic dictionary is all and more I could have expected. I looked up words I’d never heard of, and found ample examples of their uses in different ways. For me, it will be rare that I’ll ever use a dictionary in book form again, except perhaps to compare definitions.
nice compact dictionary
It’s a very handy tool when it comes to reading. The control is easy and it has the most updated vocabulary. It gives you examples on how the word is used in context besides the definition.
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