[icon-discuss] Re: reference material on the Icon
- From: "Bill Holton" <biho@xxxxxxx>
- To: <icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 10:26:11 -0400
I, too, would love to see reference materials on the Icon, but I think this is
a perfect opportunity for outside programmers to step in and give us something
besides hangman we can add to our Icons. Personally, I would prefer the Level
Star resources be spent removing bugs, getting support for Audible and RFBD
books, and then on to the phone and GPS.
----- Original Message -----
From: Stuart Russell
To: icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 8:12 PM
Subject: [icon-discuss] reference material on the Icon
My first choice for reference material on the Icon would be a dictionary. I
remember the Webster's student dictionary that I used in school. Those Braille
volumes were the thickness of several phone books. Using the Icon, the
contents of those 36 volumes could be carried in a coat pocket.
Stuart
----- Original Message -----
From: Marc Mulcahy
To: icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 9:26 AM
Subject: [icon-discuss] Re: suggestion: Wikipedia on the Icon
This site claims that they have it all compressed into 2 or 4 GB depending
on the image sizes. This handheld version hasn't been updated for awhile
though.
Marc
Marc Mulcahy
LevelStar LLC.
1500 Cherry St. Suite D
Louisville, CO 80027
(303) 926-4334 ext. 701
marc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> -----Original Message-----
> From: icon-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:icon-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Pratik Patel
> Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 10:12 AM
> To: icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [icon-discuss] Re: suggestion: Wikipedia on the Icon
>
> Keep in mind that the Wikipedia collection is huge and takes
> up tarrabytes of data. You're not likely to even touch the
> surface of whatr might be available with the little old 30 GB.
>
> Pratik
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: icon-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:icon-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Megan Kelly
> Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 11:56 AM
> To: icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [icon-discuss] Re: suggestion: Wikipedia on the Icon
>
> Sometimes, one doesn't have an internet connection available.
> I think it would be wonderful to have wikipedia, or any
> encyclopedia for that matter at
>
> hand all the time.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Megan
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kevin Jones" <kevin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 2:55 AM
> Subject: [icon-discuss] Re: suggestion: Wikipedia on the Icon
>
>
> > you could just bookmark the wikipedia site and then you'd
> basically have
> > it.
> >
> >
> > Megan Kelly wrote:
> >> Hi everyone,
> >> I came across an adaptation for running/storing Wikipedia on a
> >> hand-held device. http://infodisiac.com/Wikipedia/index.html
> >> I think it would be wonderful if something like this were
> to be available
>
> >> for the Icon. It would make an excellent educational
> addition to an
> >> already amazing tool.
> >> Thanks,
> >> Megan
> >>
> >
>
>
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