Franklin Compact Oxford English Dictionary Pagemark Edition

I don't like this, didn't work for one year

I was very excited to buy this dictionary bookmark and I have to say that I am extremely disappointed. The first one I received seemed to be faulty, several of the buttons didn't work at all. I sent it back for a replacement. However, the second one had the exact same problem! In addition, parts of the screen didn't work, no pixels were displayed at all. I returned it immediately. I will look elsewhere for a dictionary bookmark.

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.

This is very slim and can be slipped into a book like a bookmark.It is lightweight and it has most of the stuff that paper dictionary has. No complaints so far. price was good too.

This is useful, but I would recommend a regular electronic dictionary that has more features and easier keys to use. This dictionary isn't very handy.

Garbage please don't waste your money on this garbage. This garbage only last a day. Please don't waste time and money on this no good garbage i wish i could give her no star.

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.

I have to say this is the best product ever!! I have been using mine for 8yrs and have NEVER had a problem.. very convenient and compact.. Works great with paperbacks and hardcovers but not so much with mass paperbacks b/c of its size.. Another reviewer asked about the red ribbon and why it was there.. Well, I found it very helpful if you want to keep your dictionary in the back of your book and use the ribbon to mark your book.. I have done a lot of research on this item (8 years ago) and I have been more then happy with it..With that said, after 8yrs of constant use, abuse (trust me this thing may be thin but it is a study little bugger), and time it finally died on me (to my dismay).. So had to get another one. After much more research I have found the New York Times marker contains 400k definitions vs. this one 145k. Back then the NY Times marker wasn't available or I haven't discover it.. I do miss the little tick sound the Oxford marker has every time you press a key.. I found it helpful for not constantly having to look up. However it was not a big deal and out weighs the extra features the NY Times marker has.. So I would recommend the NY Times one instead..But if you are dead set on using the Oxford dictionary be rest assured this will not disappoint you.. It has lasted me YEARS and saved me from much frustration thumbing through a dictionary.