Wow, that's a long time. I'm envious

I was thinking about buying an ipod anyway (just not the touch one - although I have a mp3 player). I'll have a closer look at it and see what else that ipod type can do for me.
I'd love to have a dictionary, too, but I already have a CASIO ExWord, so that's that.

So can I use Anki just as usually and synchronize it with my PC somehow?
Is it limited somehow because it's not a PC version, only an ipod version?

Thanks

Can you tell me a little bit more about what exactly I can do with that anki version?
Would I need to buy the 32GB ipod touch for that?

Is it easy to get Anki your ipod if you're a technical newb like me or is it pretty complicated?

What are the pros and cons of using an iphone touch instead of a PDA/Handheld?
Sorry for those stupid questions, but like I said, I really have no clue.

Thanks again

As you live in Japan, too, I guess you have a Japanese ipod touch?
Can I jailbreak ANY ipod touch? Sounds complicated, but if other people can do it, then why shouldn't I, right?
Oh, and would I need internet connection to be able to use that anki version or is it only that I need an internet connection to get the whole hack thing done once?

If I want to watch movies etc. on an ipod do I have to "decode" normal video files first? I have read something about ipod-format movies.

With a zaurus I would be able to run a somewhat "full" anki version, right?

Maybe I should just wait for a while and see what happens to the anki version for the ipod touch / iphone?!

chochajin wrote:

As you live in Japan, too, I guess you have a Japanese ipod touch?
Can I jailbreak ANY ipod touch? Sounds complicated, but if other people can do it, then why shouldn't I, right?

Yeah, I have a Japanese iPod touch. Jailbreaking is pretty simple - find the right app, read the instructions, run it.

Oh, and would I need internet connection to be able to use that anki version or is it only that I need an internet connection to get the whole hack thing done once?

You need wireless access to a) install Anki on it and b) to copy your deck back and forth or synchronize. Since the client doesn't support adding cards yet, only reviewing, if you don't have intermittent access to wireless so you can update your deck, it's not very useful.

If I want to watch movies etc. on an ipod do I have to "decode" normal video files first? I have read something about ipod-format movies.

Outside of my area of expertise I'm afraid - though there's probably some video player available.

With a zaurus I would be able to run a somewhat "full" anki version, right?

The same backend runs on all versions of Anki. But each platform provides a different GUI toolkit. The Zaurus only provides qt3, so it's not possible to run the desktop client on a Zaurus either (nor would you want to - it'd be too slow!)

Shingo wrote:

Thanks Misha for your response,

The Asus looks ok but I was thinking of something smaller, PDa-ish, and with a touch screen. Do you know of any that match this, just so I have something to go off when searching further?

One thing that may drastically expand my options would be if I had a Linux handheld that would run the Linux Anki, and this could use the decks made on the Windows version on my computer.

Check out the Nokia n770 and n800 internet tablets. Touchscreen, running linux and can be modified hevily. Should run anki and can sync with your online anki account

resolve wrote:

You need wireless access to a) install Anki on it and b) to copy your deck back and forth or synchronize. Since the client doesn't support adding cards yet, only reviewing, if you don't have intermittent access to wireless so you can update your deck, it's not very useful.

I don't have wireless lan. So right now there's no way to synchronize the deck with the one on your pc without wifi connection?

resolve wrote:

I think there's a program that lets you sync over the sync cable, so it's not necessarily impossible.

That's good to hear. Thanks for the quick reply

The Sharp Zaurus does all that and more.

@Misha:

After a long hiatus, I decided to upgrade my Zaurus to the latest version of ankiQt (alpha12), released just 2 days ago.  I think I upgraded everything that needed to, but when I run anki_qpe_launcher.py, I now get the following stacktrace:  Something seems to be not in sync?

bash-2.05$ anki_qpe_launcher.py
Display size = 480x640
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/QtPalmtop/bin/anki_qpe_launcher.py", line 38, in <module>
    ankiqt_lite_main.main()
  File "/opt/QtPalmtop/anki/ankiqt-lite/ankiqt_lite_main.py", line 152, in main
    else: run_app(filename)
  File "/opt/QtPalmtop/anki/ankiqt-lite/ankiqt_lite_main.py", line 47, in run_app
    widget = main_window.MainWindow(app, options)
  File "/opt/QtPalmtop/anki/ankiqt-lite/main_window.py", line 126, in __init__
    self.update_gui()
  File "/opt/QtPalmtop/anki/ankiqt-lite/main_window.py", line 464, in update_gui
    self.centralWidget().update_gui(self.options)
  File "/opt/QtPalmtop/anki/ankiqt-lite/review_widget.py", line 223, in update_gui
    b.hide() if self.options.hide_ans_buttons else b.show()
AttributeError: hide_ans_buttons
bash-2.05$

Would be great if you could look into this, since I already destroyed the old version:-(

All the best,  Ctopp

@Misha,

Bingo!  Yes, that did the trick, it looks like it works perfectly.  There are also more options for a larger font which is very welcome her!
Thanks a lot, also for your quick reply,

Ctopp

You're right, that is weird. 

Let's move this discussion to the ankiqt-lite forums:

http://sourceforge.net/forum/?group_id=216082