The iPod is slowly transforming into a knowledge hub after getting Wikipedia the world’s favourite music player is now getting Merriam-Webster Dictionary. The downloadable dictionary includes 40,000 words and their definitions, a pronunciation guide, abbreviation guide, and a Handbook of Style. Merriam-Websters in collabration with iPREPpress will offer a variety of references for iPod users over the next 2 months including: Merriam-Webster’s Pocket Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster’s Rhyming Dictionary for song and hip-hop writers, Merriam-Webster’s Pocket Atlas, and The Merriam-Webster Dictionary of Quotations.

Using simple scroll and click navigation through a hierarchical menu and hyperlinked structure users can search for over 40,000 words and their definations. You can perform all this while still listening to your favourite tunes. The dictionary will sell regularly for $14.95 but is available for a limited time at an introductory price of $9.95.