Franklin Compact Oxford English Dictionary Pagemark Edition

by Franklin Electronic Publishers

Product Details

• Item Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0002TP7SY
• Item model number: OPD-540B
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #71 in Electronics > Office Electronics > Electronic Dictionaries, Thesauri & Translators > Foreign Language Dictionaries
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 1, 2004

Product Description

Compact Oxford English Dictionary with over 145,000 words, phrases and definitions

Customer Reviews

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41 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great idea, imperfectly executed, September 11, 2005

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Eleanor L. Johnson - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Franklin Compact Oxford English Dictionary Pagemark Edition (Office Product)

Because my unabridged dictionary is on the 1st floor of my home, and I do the bulk of my reading in bed on the second floor, this seemed to be the answer to a long-standing problem of glossed-over words at one in the morning. In practice, it successfully handles about 80% of my unknown words and I love using it. However, it has a touch pad which is not the easiest to operate -- getting the right pressure on the pad can be problematic and the letters are too close together, so mistakes are easy to make. Because I have a fairly large vocabulary I chose this one, rather than the Merriam-Webster version, because it advertised 150,000 words rather than 100,000. The Merriam-Webster however, has little keys, like a Blackberry, and I think would be easier to operate, although I haven't tried it. The bottom line is that I use it all the time. Anyone wanting to buy one of these should try out both this one and the Merriam-Webster, to see which format suits them best and what extra features are important to them. Both are Franklin products and cost about the same.

29 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Almost, September 27, 2005

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E. F. Costello (California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Franklin Compact Oxford English Dictionary Pagemark Edition (Office Product)

Pretty good electronic dictionary. If you're reading Stephen Donaldson, there will be a lot of words this dictionary does not have :-)

There are two shortcomings to this device. If you are like me, the reason you got this was to have a dictionary to use while reading in bed. Franklin really should have added a backlight for the display... it's very hard to read in dim light.

Second, there is a cool feature--word list--that allows you to add words to a personal list. The problem is that the list can only be 40 words. A very short list in my opionion.

Some might find the "keyboard" annoying, but I've had no problem using it.

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars fun, except for the "keyboard", September 20, 2005

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L. Hunnicutt - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Franklin Compact Oxford English Dictionary Pagemark Edition (Office Product)

I bought this for my husband for his birthday. He reads a lot, so I worried it wouldn't have the words he needs to look up. It doesn't have everything ("attar" wasn't in there), but it does have a lot. The games are fun - I especially like "anagrams". The only problem is the "keyboard". Because it's so thin, you have to hit the keyspot (it isn't even really a key) just so or it won't be recognized.