[icon-discuss] Re: reference material on the Icon

  • From: Dan Keys <dnkeys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 13:38:36 -0700

Hello,
I'll drink to that. I'd love to see reference materials and bug fixes phone and GPS before things like Hangman and other games. While they are fun, I think the Icon has so much more to offer. I didn't purchase the Icon to play games, I purchased it for more constructive things. I think that Audible, RFB&D and some other things would have priority in my mind. But of course that's me, not anyone else. 
Dan
On Apr 26, 2007, at 7:26 AM, Bill Holton wrote:
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.
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Louisville, CO  80027
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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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