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Reply #51 - 2008 July 17, 8:03 am
rich_f Member
From: north carolina Registered: 2007-07-12 Posts: 1708

I had problems with the regular web interface-- the giant buttons on the left side crowded the screen, and my huge cards didn't fit well, and either way, the buttons wind up small enough that I have to scroll and zoom in for my giant fingers. Since the regular interface uses frames, when I zoom in to get the buttons more accurately, I have to zoom out on the next card to read it, then scroll some more... it's actually more work than the keitai interface for me.

I find the keitai interface to be quick enough, even if there's a little eyestrain involved. It requires less gesturing.

Reply #52 - 2008 July 17, 8:18 am
resolve Member
From: 山口 Registered: 2007-05-29 Posts: 919 Website

I made a change to the simple web interface which should start things zoomed in by default. What do you think?

Reply #53 - 2008 July 17, 11:35 am
dilandau23 Member
From: Japan Registered: 2006-09-13 Posts: 330

resolve wrote:

I made a change to the simple web interface which should start things zoomed in by default. What do you think?

As always, fantastic work and timing.  My old phone gets retired at the end of the billing cycle, and I was thinking I may have to give up phone study until you found time to whip up an iPhone interface.  As far as I am concerned, this is all I will need.  Thanks!

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Reply #54 - 2008 July 17, 3:26 pm
rich_f Member
From: north carolina Registered: 2007-07-12 Posts: 1708

It's brilliant! Perfect! Thanks, resolve.

Reply #55 - 2008 July 21, 9:39 pm
revenantkioku Member
Registered: 2007-06-12 Posts: 103

shimouma wrote:

I'm not sure what the problem is with Softbank - but I've been using J-Phone/Vodafone/Softbank for many years now and have never had any problems with reception.

The only place I ever lose the signal is in the elevators of very tall buildings in central Tokyo.

I think I'll get myself an iPhone when they eventually end up in stock again....

Not everyone lives in Tokyo. tongue I live in the south area of Nara-ken.

Reply #56 - 2008 October 23, 5:25 pm
kfmfe04 Member
From: 台北 Registered: 2007-10-21 Posts: 487

Has anyone found a Japanese->Japanese dictionary for 2.1?
For NON-jailbroken units, please.  Thx.

Never mind - this looks like it's close enough to what I'm looking for (not exactly J->J, but more of a AJATT-type dictionary):

http://www.monokakido.jp/iphone/wisdom.html

This dictionary is meant for Japanese learning English, but it's actually a good resource for learning Japanese in Context for JLPT2 to JLPT1 level students.

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For those who are interested, I recommend this dictionary for all levels:

http://www.codefromtokyo.com/japanese

It's got JLPT, 常用漢字 by grade, and many, many more lists.  You can add words to your vocab lists.  It's better as a study-tool than free dictionaries like Kotoba! (which is also not bad).

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For learning new vocabulary, I see myself doing the following
1. Look up an English word in Wisdom, like "international"
「通例　名　の前で」国際的な、国家間の、国際上の
Kennedy International Airport
ケネディ国際空港
call on the international community for support
国際社会に支援を求める
international trade
国際貿易
an international conference [agreement] on human cloning
人のクローン化に関する国際会議「協定」
...
2. Now, I forgot how to pronounce 支援 so I switch to the codefromtokyo dictionary, use Chinese handwriting input and find the reading しえん

This is a little bit annoying jumping back and forth between the two dictionaries, but learning the words in context like this helps the word stick better.  Also, it's a good break from doing too much SRS.

Both dictionaries cost around $20-25 each.

Last edited by kfmfe04 (2008 October 23, 6:11 pm)