Sony's MP3-playing, more open dictionary

Sony's belated conversion to MP3 seems to be gathering steam, with even its latest electronic dictionary able to play back files stored on a MemoryStick. More useful, perhaps, is the ability to read text files or create your own dictionaries using the supplied software, which sounds like something serious language learners could get some mileage out of. There are two models available, a high-school-targeted model that mainly features Japanese-Japanese and Japanese-English dictionaries, and an eight-language tourist model. The former, the EBR-500MS, should go for around Y30,000, while the multilingual EBR-800MS costs Y35,000. Both measure 135 x 14 x 98 mm and weigh in at 195g.

[Via K-Tai Watch (Japanese)]