I bought this for reading Japanese on a crowded subway, and it is perfect for that. Very light, and I can work it with one hand while my other hand holds the book I'm reading. It has just the dictionaries I need (the multi-language travel dictionaries will probably not get used much though). It has kanji compounds unlike the similarly priced but useless Canon Wordtank S510 (which I unfortunately bought a few weeks before I discovered this one, and will probably sell on an online auction soon). There are no English instructions but spending an afternoon with the Japanese instructions was all I needed to get familiar with this. Highly recommended, if the Amazon price remains where it is, substantially lower than the retail price. The shipping time from Hiroshima to Tokyo was less than 24 hours which is incredible!