[icon-discuss] reference material on the Icon

  • From: "Stuart Russell" <stuart360@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 17:12:30 -0700

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
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  > -----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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