Talking electronic translators

[ahkiwi]

I just bought an MT7000 from iKnow DigiHub in Singapore.

[Willy The Londoner]

I bought my Besata 3000 in China and it has both English and Chinese operating system .  Does not matter which you use you get the same answers. English to Chinese. Chinese to English and if requested it will repeat the English or Chinese in spoken form so you can use it to learn as you can repeat words or phrases until you remember them.

Willy

[brett]

Wow, that MT-7000 looks nice.  Unfortunately I can't find anyone in the UK that sells it. I guess I could wait until I'm out there, and maybe I could find one in Beijing airport or something.

[Andy]

Wow, that MT-7000 looks nice.  Unfortunately I can't find anyone in the UK that sells it. I guess I could wait until I'm out there, and maybe I could find one in Beijing airport or something.

Got my mt-7000 on Amazon.com. 300 bucks. I was getting the feeling of getting ripped off, but it is actually a really nice unit. It has lot of useful features. Well...I will see how useful it is in October.

[ahkiwi]

Got my mt-7000 on Amazon.com. 300 bucks. I was getting the feeling of getting ripped off, but it is actually a really nice unit. It has lot of useful features. Well...I will see how useful it is in October.

You were getting ripped off

The site I liked LINKED has them for 372.90 SGD = 261.980 USD
Not including shipping though ... which was fairly cheap for standard arifreight.

Edit: coz eye carnt spel

[brett]

Incidentally, does that MT-7000 allow you to write in English sentences and get back their Chinese equivalents?

I am starting to make good progress on putting English into Google that translates perfectly into Chinese. I had a pretty good conversation with my lady this morning using just Chinese characters.

I think I might take a chance and order one on Amazon.com. I am worried we might get ripped off in China, and also I can practice with it before I get to China. $300 sounds quite cheap for what it does (and it would probably retail for a lot more in the UK).

[shaun]

Question, is the keyboard on the touch screen or is there an actual keyboard?  How big are the keys?  I looked at them at a couple of websites but not everything was shown, at least to my understanding.

Shaun

[RobertBfrom aust]

Shaun on most of the folding besta's you have a keyboard as well as a touch screen also a pen to use but as I don't know about the 7000 series someone else can answer that one , regards Robert .

[shaun]

Robert,

Thanks, I am about half asleep.  I should have said my question was about the MT-7000.  I almost won a bid on ebay for a CD-65P.  I got a little excited and placed my bid a little too quick.  I could have had it for about $7.00 but the other person won it for $11.17. My top price was $10.67.

I am about ready to buy a new on, can't seam to do it on ebay right now.

Shaun

[brett]

Is there any alternative to the MT-7000 that has a keyboard? I think the 7000 is made for the iPhone generation, but I'd like something with a real keyboard. The 7000 looks like it has some great Mandarin learning functions though.

[brett]

Thanks Mike. The MT-7000 looks the business, my lady thinks it is 1800RMB, but will check tonight.

She has her own translator, so the MT-7000 is really for me. I could order one from the US, but it might not arrive here in time.

Does anyone know if the Besta CD-637P is better? It has a keyboard, but I don't know if it does the same as the MT-7000. I really like the look of the language tuition on the 7000.

http://www.besta.com/cd-637/cd-637e.htm

[RobertBfrom aust]

Brett , the 637 is the one I took with me last month to China and left it there , it does the lot plus more infact I would say we used only about 10 of its many functions and just plug it in at the nearest powerpoint for an o/nite recharge , having a normal keyboard makes it so simple even a dumbo like me had no hassles , , but the earlier non- colour version last year worked just as well , but not so many features , regards Robert .

[brett]

Thanks I'll check it out. I'm actually starting to get some decent translations out of Google, so I am starting to figure out the language.

[markymark]

Thank you all for the advice and information. A Besta it will be. Great link AHKiwi and it is the cheapest I found online.
Thanks again

[ahkiwi]

Thank you all for the advice and information. A Besta it will be. Great link AHKiwi and it is the cheapest I found online.
Thanks again

no worries mm

hopefully I'll be able to get in some good practice with mine before I head over, should make things easier.