
GeekStuff4U has started selling the Sharp Brain PW-AC10 for the Japanese market. Priced at 19,990 Yen or around $240, this portable electronic dictionary comes in the shape of a smartphone. Available in three different colors, the gadget features a 2.4-inch LCD screen with a QVGA resolution and a QWERTY keyboard. The Sharp Brain PW-AC10 is powered by a couple of AAA batteries that offers up to 110-hour of operation time. [Product Page]

Sharp has rolled out the successor to the famous Sharp Papyrus PW-AT780. Known as the Sharp Papyrus PW-AT790, this new English – Japanese electronic dictionary comes jam packed with a 5.5-inch LCD display, the handwritten kanji input system, an MP3 player and an SD card slot. Measuring 146mm x 105.5mm x 20.1mm and weighing 323grams, the Sharp Papyrus PW-AT790 retails for around $375. [Product Page]

The Sharp Brain PW-AC10 e-Dictionary has a similar design with the BlackBerry smartphone. Thie electronic dictionary features a QWERTY keyboard and a 2.4-inch QVGA color screen. Available in white, pink and lime, the Sharp Brain PW-AC10 requires a couple of AAA batteries to operate that will last for around 110 hours. Sharp will release the Sharp Brain PW-AC10 e-Dictionary on August 6th, 2010. [Sharp]

Canon has recently unveiled their latest electronic dictionary series, which is dedicated to Chinese, Korean and English studies. Dubbed as the Canon Wordtank S503, this pocket dictionary comes equipped with a 2.4-inch LCD display with a 320 x 240 pixel resolution. The gadget also requires a couple of AAA batteries to operate. Too bad, there is no info on pricing at this moment. [Akihabara]

Sharp has finally launched their latest Brain series of e-dictionary. The new Brain PW-AC110 comes equipped with a 4.3-inch color display with a 480 x 272 resolution, a 50 different kinds of dictionaries and some encyclopedias including the Britannica. Too bad, there is no info on pricing or availability so far. [Sharp via Akihabara]

Canon has recently rolled out another ultra-light electronic dictionary ‘Wordtank S500′ for the Japanese market. Measuring only 75mm x 140mm x 16.3mm and weighing just 114g, the device offers a 2.4-inch color LCD screen with 320 x 240 resolution, up to 80 hours of battery life and comes preloaded with English to Japanese, Japanese to English and Japanese to Japanese for instant translation. The Wordtank S500 will hit Japan on September 11th for 26,250 Yen (about $283). [AVING]

iRiver has launched its palm-sized electronic dictionary in South Korea. Dubbed as the Dicple D7, the gadget supports a 3-inch touchscreen LCD that supports handwriting recognition, video playback at 30fps, SRS WOW HD sound driver, an FM radio, a Flash player, a PDF viewer, a text/photo viewer, a recording function and a micro SD card slot. This electronic dictionary also features Encyclopaedia Britannica and 24 different kinds of dictionary with authentic native-speaker voice. The 4GB and 8GB models are priced at 268,000 Won and 308,000 Won, respectively. [AVING]

Nurian is famous for its pocket electronic dictionaries. The company today released the X40Kris electronic dictionary, that features a 4.3 Inch LCD display, full QWERTY keyboard, a 4GB of internal memory, and supports Xvid video, Flash, PDF, JPEG, MP3 player function. The gadget provides a total of 79 dictionaries including English proficiency volumes and tests. Measuring 21.3mm thick, the Nurian X40Kris is priced at less than €200 in Korea. [Nurian]

Here is a new “Brain” e-dictionary from Sharp with an e-Book reader and the capability to download e-Books from Sharp website. There is no word on pricing at this time. [Akihabara]

Hanuribiz today confirmed the availability of its nurian X40 shockproof electronic dictionary in the South Korean market next month. The gadget offers a variety of dictionaries in 13 languages with authentic native-speaker voice. Other features included audio and video playback, FM radio, text and image viewer, voice recorder, and more. The price ranges from 300,000 Won to 400,000 Won. [AVING]