Kevin Gowen <kgowen@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.

That's precisely why I'm looking around....

But then, my Palm T3 is dying, so Plan B might be a Zaurus (except that
the latest models on display in the stores are so slow, I wonder if even
the older ones are too?). 

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