I'm trying to find a solution to making better use of "dead time" - basically time when I'm not around my computer and can be doing SRS reps. This would have to be some sort of device that can run Anki, as that's how I manage my sentences and Kanji. Netbooks seemed like a good idea at first, but they aren't so compact that I would always carry one around with me. I guess something like a smart phone is an option, but it would be kind of a waste to pay monthly fees for it when all I want to do is review.

What all do you guys use?

Your other option then is to buy an iPod touch. You can run AnkiMini on it (or iAnki) and review on the go, and won't have to pay a monthly telephone bill for it.

blackmacros Wrote:Your other option then is to buy an iPod touch. You can run AnkiMini on it (or iAnki) and review on the go, and won't have to pay a monthly telephone bill for it.

Yeah. I support this too. You can just sync up at home before you leave, and re-sync when you return. You will need to jailbreak your device though, but that's easy and it's really no risk considering you can always restore the original firmware from iTunes.

Or you could use Surusu from any mobile phone (Khatzumoto made it simple enough to run fast and easy from even the crappiest mobile browsers), but you'd have to make new decks.

I`m a few hours away from getting anki syncing working on the ds.

theres also the pandora which should be out in a few months.

If you can afford it, iPhone 3Gs is a great option.

3G will work everywhere (rather than wifi, which will only
work if you are near a wifi hotspot that you can logon to).

It's very liberating.

AnkiMini and other SRS programs are available for the iphone.

I went the ipod touch route to avoid paying for a phone plan,
but it didn't work out so well.

In practice, I've found that wifi isn't the best thing, since
so many wireless access points are password-protected
these days. And the unprotected access points are very slow
since so many people are on them.

Yes, paying for a monthly plan isn't the best. But if you get
rid of your current phone, it'll only end up being 20 to 30 bucks more
a month.

SRS goes through the roof once you're able to SRS anywhere, anytime.
So maybe you should reconsider.

Anyway, hope this helps.

chamcham: Why do you need access at all, other than when you are syncing.. I just make sure my ipod is synced up before I leave the house, and then sync again when I come home if I did any reviews.

Buying a netbook changed my life. Before I bought one I didn't think I would take it around with me everyday but now that is exactly what I do because it is just that incredibly useful. All of my Japanese studying is now contained on it and nothing else. I don't have to worry about syncing up or any of that and can easily add material where ever I might happen to be.

In Anki reviewing mode my Asus 1000HE gets almost 9hrs of constant use before needing a charge which means I can use it all day long with ease (which I do every single day). It's awesome.

9 hours?!?! My EEE 1000H only runs for about 4.5 hours before biting the dust =/

FooSoft Wrote:I'm trying to find a solution to making better use of "dead time" - basically time when I'm not around my computer

Haha I never thought I'd hear /that/.

Amset Wrote:

FooSoft Wrote:I'm trying to find a solution to making better use of "dead time" - basically time when I'm not around my computer

Haha I never thought I'd hear /that/.

しまった！

activeaero Wrote:Buying a netbook changed my life. Before I bought one I didn't think I would take it around with me everyday but now that is exactly what I do because it is just that incredibly useful. All of my Japanese studying is now contained on it and nothing else. I don't have to worry about syncing up or any of that and can easily add material where ever I might happen to be.

See, the thing I'm worried about is the overhead time. Like if you even have it with you, it will probably take a good 3-4 minutes to just get it booted up, ready, etc. However if it's a mobile device that fits in your pocket, you can bust it out and do like some quick reviews while waiting for some food at a restaraunt or something. I could be wrong though, as obviously currently I don't have either.

Nii87 Wrote:9 hours?!?! My EEE 1000H only runs for about 4.5 hours before biting the dust =/

HE has a much higher capacity battery and runs on the newer and slightly less power consuming N280. Third party battery test: http://www.liliputing.com/2009/03/asus-e...ively.html

FooSoft Wrote:

activeaero Wrote:Buying a netbook changed my life. Before I bought one I didn't think I would take it around with me everyday but now that is exactly what I do because it is just that incredibly useful. All of my Japanese studying is now contained on it and nothing else. I don't have to worry about syncing up or any of that and can easily add material where ever I might happen to be.

See, the thing I'm worried about is the overhead time. Like if you even have it with you, it will probably take a good 3-4 minutes to just get it booted up, ready, etc. However if it's a mobile device that fits in your pocket, you can bust it out and do like some quick reviews while waiting for some food at a restaraunt or something. I could be wrong though, as obviously currently I don't have either.

Stock out of the box boot time for my 1000HE was 37 seconds. Once I got rid of the windows bloat I was able to cut that down to 24 seconds.

With my Intel X25M SSD it boots XP to desktop in 18 seconds and has an open and wirelessly connected Firefox window in 26 seconds.

I understand your point though, just trying to show that even those these net books are relatively "weak" they still boot XP damn fast.

ToasterMage Wrote:I....the pandora which should be out in a few months.

as a DS homebrew developer, I would love to see the pandora come, but have been waiting for a while now.... Hopefully it can get some traction.

ToasterMage Wrote:I`m a few hours away from getting anki syncing working on the ds.

theres also the pandora which should be out in a few months.

That would be awesome (Anki sync on DS).

iPhone/iPod Touch (and maybe Android phones with iAnki but I haven't tried it) are great due to the very handy size. If you don't need something so handy then something like an EEE PC sounds good.

anyone try StudyArcade (Pro)?

I would like to have a really good mobile solution too. I bought an ipod touch for just this reason, and to be fair the ipod touch is much better than the original ipod. iAnki is ok on the ipod touch, but ... it's not great as it relies on your Anki server's ip (the ip on the network of the computer running Anki) remaining constant. Sometimes that ip can change for reasons beyond your control and that means you lose all your iAnki reviews (happend to me when I had 400 reviews on my ipod). Ankimini looks better, but you need to jailbreak your ipod with a firmware under 3.0 and it seems that for 2g ipods, which are all that are currently sold, that is a total pain in the arse; I've not spent much time trying, but I've not managed to get the 2.2.1 firmware cracked on my 2g ipod touch (any help would be much appreciated).

I have a Toshiba R500 portege laptop that I use when I want to SRS on the move and it's pretty good; it weighs under a kilo and I can get 7 hours battery life on it if I switch the WIFI off, so it's very practical, and I can get audio on it, also with hibernation it can be ready in no time at all, but still it is nowhere near as good as a handheld device if you are on the move.

@ToasterMage <-- isn't pandora a big hoax?

bandwidthjunkie Wrote:@ToasterMage <-- isn't pandora a big hoax?

they`ve hit the part where they`re mass producing the stuff.

@ToasterMage <-- You sure about that? Where can I buy one?

bandwidthjunkie Wrote:@ToasterMage <-- You sure about that? Where can I buy one?

http://openpandora.wordpress.com/ for its current status

instructions for preordering on http://openpandora.org/

bandwidthjunkie Wrote:Ankimini looks better, but you need to jailbreak your ipod with a firmware under 3.0 and it seems that for 2g ipods, which are all that are currently sold, that is a total pain in the arse; I've not spent much time trying, but I've not managed to get the 2.2.1 firmware cracked on my 2g ipod touch (any help would be much appreciated).

You couldn't be more wrong. 2G ipods are just as easy as 1G ipods to jailbreak. 3.0 and 3.01 firmware are also just as easily jailbroken. Redsn0w makes it completely automatic..

If you have a problem, it's likely related to your device being too full. Restore the firmware to stock, jailbreak, and then load all your stuff on it.

Jarvik7 Wrote:You couldn't be more wrong. 2G ipods are just as easy as 1G ipods to jailbreak. 3.0 and 3.01 firmware are also just as easily jailbroken. Redsn0w makes it completely automatic..

If you have a problem, it's likely related to your device being too full. Restore the firmware to stock, jailbreak, and then load all your stuff on it.

Ankimini doesn't work on 3.0. Link would be appreciated...

ToasterMage Wrote:instructions for preordering on http://openpandora.org/

Yes, I can see a lot of links and propaganda, but nothing that says buy now...

bandwidthjunkie Wrote:I would like to have a really good mobile solution too. I bought an ipod touch for just this reason, and to be fair the ipod touch is much better than the original ipod. iAnki is ok on the ipod touch, but ... it's not great as it relies on your Anki server's ip (the ip on the network of the computer running Anki) remaining constant. Sometimes that ip can change for reasons beyond your control and that means you lose all your iAnki reviews (happend to me when I had 400 reviews on my ipod).

That's not the case - if you use iAnki from a bookmark as instructed, then the review data is not related to your IP. If the IP changes you just need to bookmark the page again.