Louise Bremner wrote:
> I saw someone using the Kanji sono mama package on a Nintendo DS Lite
> last week and decided I wanted one too. Looks like a serious study tool.
>
> Trouble is, there are no units at all in any of the big stores in
> Shinjuku--they all have some ridiculous story about children buying up
> the units to play games on. And they can't say when there will be more
> units available, and they aren't taking advance orders.
>
> So now that I can't get my hands on one, I've got a bad attack of the
> I-wants.
>
> Is there some secret to knowing when and where they will be available,
> or should I start looking through the more dubious-looking stores in
> Akiba?

I think it's a great piece of software, but if you don't already have a
DS, I think it makes more sense to buy a dedicated electronic
dictionary like an eX-Word or Wordtank.

I am reminded that my Wordtank is nine years old. I'm due for an
upgrade.

- Kevin