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Franklin MWD460 Dictionary / Translator Electronic Dictionaries and Translators

Franklin MWD460 Dictionary / Translator

Overall Rating: 1/5 stars   See 1 review  | Write a review
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Price Range: $25.00 - $65.00 at 18 stores
 

Product Review

Very Disappointing MWD-460

by   dwsimpso ,   May 21, 2008

Pros:  small. screen has 4 lines.

Cons:  poorly designed, hard to use, too few words.

The Bottom Line:  Not what anyone would expect from an electronic dictionary: ease of use and lots of words. Very disappointing.

Overall Rating: 1/5 stars
 

Author's Review

The keys are soft, small and do not stick up much. So when you are typing a word, you only think you have entered the word. You have to push the keys very deliberately to make sure they make contact. This means most of the times I enter a word, a letter is missing. So you have to constantly look at the screen when typing in a word to make sure the key pressed worked.

When you turn it on, it is not ready to accept a word to get the definition of. You have to then press the "Dictionary" button. That is, for an electronic dictionary, when it powers on, it is not in dictionary mode. It's not in any useful mode. It takes two button pushes every time you want to turn it on and use it. It's like they want it to be a multi-function computer, not a simple to use dictionary.

It has additional functions, like a calculator (which is really hard to use if you can figure what two buttons to press to get it in calculator mode). It can save a few phone numbers or passwords, but if when it loses power, these go away. No computer interface to save the passwords or special items, so they suggest you write them down.

The documentation, which is very brief, raises more questions that it answers. Also uses terms that they don't define, like "headword".

Is hard to open. You will need finger nails or a coin. A stubby finger won't work.

Most word's I've looked for were missing. Must be for grammar school level readers.

I had a prior Franklin (MWD-1440) and it worked perfectly and was designed much better.

What a tremendous disappointment.
 

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