JohtoKen wrote an excellent blog post on the 漢字そのままＤＳ楽引辞典 DS software at TJP.  It is called, “In-depth Tour on 漢字そのままＤＳ楽引辞典 – Introductory Fundamentals and Looking Up Words” and “In-depth” it is.
If you have this software and would like to get the most out of it, I would highly recommend reading his post.
If you don’t have [...]

Actually it is for any model in the GP or SP series and it is good until January 14th, 2009.
1) Register your dictionary here.
You have to enter the serial number on the back of the dictionary, your email, a password, and whether you want emails from Casio. Optional are your prefecture, Male or Female, Age, [...]

Ok, here is a plausible scenario. You quickly need the definition of “floccinaucinihilipilification” for a school report, but your Casio XD-GP9700’s main E-E dictionary is the lousy (for native English speakers) Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
You press the 英英 button and the Advanced Learner’s dictionary appears. You were hoping for the much better Oxford [...]

A customer sent me a few pictures of his GW9600 setup menu screens and asked for a quick translation. If you have a Casio XD-GW9600 and have questions about what the menu is asking, you can download all 22 pictures here.
The ‘translations’ are very simple (I’m pretty tired too!) but they look like this:
I’m [...]

I got the new Casio in two weeks ago, but being busy with moving the website, I really haven’t had time to play with it. I probably won’t have time to make videos, do reviews and other fun stuff until after the website dust settles (who knows when?)
My first impression is positive.
I did try to [...]

Ron Dippold has created a very detailed write up all about the DS Rakubiki Jiten.
If you are thinking of getting one or already have it, you may want to read through his comments:
http://sizer99.com/rakubiki/

RandomGuest asked some excellent questions as a comment on one of my posts about the Casio XD-GW9600. I thought it would be good to post the questions with some of my comments as a new post. That way, other people can chime in to clarify or disagree

1. Is there [...]

A user named Ty posted a question about how the jump feature on the Casio XD-GW9600 actually works.
I only had my web cam and the quality is very poor, but hopefully it will show how it basically works:

It is very easy, but notice when I hit the ‘jump’ key (and then enter) the pop up [...]

Today there really isn’t a good electronic dictionary choice for the very beginner of Japanese. All modern dictionaries are made for Japanese learning English* and only as an afterthought the other way around. Of course they are super useful for upper beginners up, but probably more frustrating than its worth for beginners because [...]

I played with the SD card version of this soft and it worked well. However, the CD-ROM is much cheaper and installs in the Casio’s onboard memory which frees up the SD expansion slot. This post is about how to install it.
There doesn’t appear to be a Mac version. If you have [...]