Franklin Electronics Seiko Britannica Concise Encyclopedia

by Franklin Electronics

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 5 x 1 x 3 inches ; 11 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0008JFCI8
• Item model number: ER8000
• Batteries: 2 AAA batteries required. (included)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #50 in Electronics > Office Electronics > Electronic Dictionaries, Thesauri & Translators > English Dictionaries
• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 1, 2005

Product Description

Britannica Concise Encyclopedia is the perfect reference tool for home, school, or office use. Not only does this handheld contain the Britannica Concise Encyclopedia, you will also find the Concise Oxford English Dictionary, Concise Oxford Thesaurus, and Oxford Concise Dictionary of Quotations.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Extremely useful, January 15, 2008

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Lal Chakraborty (Stoughton, WI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Franklin Electronics Seiko Britannica Concise Encyclopedia (Office Product)

I have been looking to purchase an electronic dictionary for a long time. Initially I was considering the MW and Sharp models. The MW had a limitation that it allowed only 40 words in its list, The sharp didn't have any games or word lists. Then I stumbled onto this model. There were no reviews here, but epinion had a positive one. So I bought it.

It is very good. It has a very good dictionary, thesaraus and encyclopedia. Often when I look up a word, there are definions in all the three (dictionary, thesaraus and encyclopedia) for the same word. Everything that I have looked up is there. It has a bunch of games and you can create a word list with upto 100 words. The games can use the wordlist as an input (three levels of randomness). The games have three levels of difficulty too.

The dictionary is easy to use. As you type letters, it shows possible words. Speed is very good.

Area for improvement: The definitions game where you have to guess the word from definition doesn't use the wordlist (most of the other 10 or so games use the wordlist as an optional input though). If it did, it could be used as a both way flashcard (definition to word and word to definition). Right now you can only go from the words to its definition.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An outstanding pocket resource, February 24, 2008

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A. Roman (Springfield, MO) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Franklin Electronics Seiko Britannica Concise Encyclopedia (Office Product)

Compact and well built, this unit has a wealth of information available. Very easy to use and I appreciate the option of changing character size. A back lit feature would be helpful(to me). It's a bargain considering the number of references included.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Great and yet, not., November 21, 2008

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Nancy O'Connell "Nancy" (Pittsburgh, PA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Franklin Electronics Seiko Britannica Concise Encyclopedia (Office Product)

This is what I have been looking for. A travel size gadget that has encyclopedia, dictionary and thesarus. And, this has much more that I found useful and fun. Not including foreign language capabilities, which I did not want as a feature.

So, why only 2 stars: there is no backlight on this. In a well lighted room, it is not easy to read. Sitting on an airplane, using a reading light, it is just to darn difficult to read. I'm sorry to say I had to return it.