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If you have been looking for a nice e-dictionary to use abroad with some spicy in it, namely a lot of features stuffed among its circuits, well, you quest is over. In fact, Iriver has just unleashed its D5 multimedia e-dictionary to the world. But what is it exactly? First of all, let me tell you that if you think this little device has to do with ultraportable devices then you are dead wrong. As its name suggests, it is mainly an electronic dictionary with a lot of features which turn it into something really close to a PMP than anything else (portable media player). Here is a list of its features:

• Available in black and white.
• It comes in two versions: GB ($299.99) and 4GB ($349.99).
• Included in the box: pouch, earphones, USB 2.0 cable, installation CD, and guide.
• 3-inch 480 x 272 TFT display.
• QWERTY keyboard (52 keys).
• Dictionary available: Dictionaries: Korean-English, English-English, Korean-Japanese, Korean-Chinese.
• It can read the following audio-formats: WMA, ASF, OGG, MP3.
• It can read the following video-formats: AVI (MPEG-4 SP).
• It can read the following picture-formats: JPG (3600 x 2400), GIFT (1024 x 768), BMP (1024 x 768)
• Text viewer.
• FM radio.

If you want to buy one of this lovely e-dictionary, click here.

While I am out or studying, a big concern of mine is to have everything I may need in my pocket, I mean in my Treo. That said, why not have a whole set of dictionaries translating everything for me, just in case I meet a new foreign word, when I am on vacation in some exotic place? Other times instead, I may just need a regular English dictionary because I want to look for a synonymous or, why not, for a certain word I don’t know the meaning of (well, English is not my mother tongue). That’s why I have a lot of dictionaries. Here is a comprehensive list of what I have or have tried. Continue reading »

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