Judging by the title of the application, I figured this application would be a dictionary for your iPhone or iPod Touch. You know, look up words and find their definitions. Well, upon installing and reviewing the app…I found that it is actually a translation dictionary.

Dictionary will come with a few translation dictionaries already installed. If you select the settings icon in the lower left corner, you can delete those dictionaries and choose the ones that suit you best. In the Settings you can choose the size of the font, edit the list of dictionaries that are installed and download new dictionaries. The dictionaries that are available for download are in categories based on the language you would like to translate from. The languages include; Danish, English, Bulgarian, French, German, Hungarian and Russian. Once you choose the language you would like to translated from (say English) you will then get a list of of languages to translate to. For Example, English to Latin or English to Spanish or English to French…etc.

To search for a word, just start typing the word into the search bar on the main page. It will bring up a list of relevant words. Once you have found the word you are looking for, select it. You will get a list of that word translated into all the languages that you down-loaded.

This application come with a free three day trial and then you have to resister it. I would tell you how much it is but, when you try to register it…you get a page saying the account has been suspended.

Overall, a pretty basic application with a pretty basic design and user interface. However, it would be a useful app for those times when you need to quickly translate a word! I would like to see the dictionaries have a little better titles once installed. You can get Dictionary via the iSpazio source.

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CheckWord is a simple application that allows you to check whether or not words are good or bad in games like Scrabble. I love the developer’s description, “Quicker than using a dictionary, easier than using a computer.” See, now that is why we love our iPhones! When you open the application, you will come to the main screen. Here you can enter the word you would like to check. The application auto capitalizes every letter…which is fine, it will work either way. Once you have entered the word select Search. It will then display whether the word is good (can be used in Scrabble) or bad (it cannot be used in Scrabble). The first word I tried was iPhone…it was Bad! Then I tried Apple and it was Good so that made it ok. If you select the i icon in the upper right corner, you will get a few options. The first option is to use the TWL word list or the SOWPODS word list. The TWL “is a Tournament Word List, used in North America, Thailand and Isreal. It contains 178,691 words from AA to ZZZ.” The AOWPODS is “the international word list used in English speaking countries that don’t use TWL. It contains 267,751 words from AA to ZZZS.”

You can also choose to turn on/off Use Acceptable. If you turn Use Acceptable on, it will change it so that the words you search for are labeled as Acceptable and Unacceptable instead of Good and Bad. The lists seem to work correctly, they do not allow for abbreviations or certain names. Though…when I entered Sam, it was Bad in the TWL list but good in the SOWPODS list. So I might stick to the SOWPODS list just because it allows more words! This application is great for those of you who like to play Scrabble the correct way…I tend to let things slide!

Also, the developer has said that he will be improving the application in the next few days adding a word generator and including the ability to check multiple words at once (in accordance with Scrabble tournament rules). So, keep an eye out for that!