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| cordelia0507 Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5836 days ago 1473 posts - 2176 votes  Speaks: Swedish* Studies: German, Russian | Message 1 of 33 21 July 2009 at 1:33pm | IP Logged | ||
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Is anyone using eBook reader for the their studies?
They ought to be very good to have, download books for free (hm) put any number of dictionairies, grammar books and other references on it... You can walk around with a language reference library in your handbag. No need to choose which language you will study that day - all material is available. I don't own one though, and I think it's a bit of a geeky extravagance. But am considering buying one, for studies and just for regular reading. Does anyone have one, what's your experience? 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Splog Diglot Senior Member Czech Republic anthonylauder.c Joined 5667 days ago 1062 posts - 3263 votes Speaks: English*, Czech Studies: Mandarin | Message 2 of 33 21 July 2009 at 2:28pm | IP Logged | ||
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By coincidence I just bought an ebook reader for precisely this purpose. I have masses of language learning PDFs - too many to print out - and reading them on a computer screen is painful after a while.
I tried a few ebook readers before going for the IRex DR1000S. It has a big screen - which is good for A4-sized pages in PDF. It also has a stylus for writing, which I really need for adding notes to margins etc. However, the battery life is terrible, and the price even more terrible. 4 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| ExtraLean Triglot Senior Member France languagelearners.myf Joined 5992 days ago 897 posts - 880 votes Speaks: English*, French, Spanish Studies: German | Message 3 of 33 21 July 2009 at 2:47pm | IP Logged | ||
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I have the Sony Ebook reader 505 thing. It's awesome...but i can't write in it! Still screen is good enough, battery life is awesome. and the price just dropped 100€ I'd recommend it. It also takes SD cards to suppliment the ~200mg internal memory.
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| Belardur Octoglot Senior Member Germany Joined 5609 days ago 148 posts - 195 votes Speaks: English*, GermanC2, Spanish, Dutch, Latin, Ancient Greek, French, Lowland Scots Studies: Biblical Hebrew, Italian, Arabic (Written), Mandarin, Korean | Message 4 of 33 21 July 2009 at 2:58pm | IP Logged | ||
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I have a 1st Generation Kindle, and for reading, I love it. For language learning, not so much - you lose a lot when you can't flip, or write in the book, etc. PDF conversion on it is decent, but sometimes you lose words, or letters out of a word, so while I can read German on it, I can get really stumped reading Spanish on it (not being able to figure out the missing stuff as well from the context). I think it it was my only language resource I'd die though, it's just too inconvenient for serious study and referencing things.
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| krog Diglot Senior Member Austria Joined 6047 days ago 146 posts - 152 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: French, Latin | Message 5 of 33 21 July 2009 at 3:08pm | IP Logged | ||
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Here's some stuff on Kindle from the
Guardian ... and again 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| cordelia0507 Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5836 days ago 1473 posts - 2176 votes Speaks: Swedish* Studies: German, Russian | Message 6 of 33 21 July 2009 at 3:49pm | IP Logged | ||
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Wow, what amazing response! Thanks so much!
You've definitely convinced me. I'll do some research and come back to ask for feedback on which mode. Top secret crypto-coded message to Tupiniqium in response to his question: -Ja, jag menar absolut nedladdning från torrent och liknande. ;-) Det verkar vara hemskt vanligt här, men ingen skriver om det i forumet, bara i PM. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| tricoteuse Pentaglot Senior Member Norway littlang.blogspot.co Joined 6676 days ago 745 posts - 845 votes Speaks: Swedish*, Norwegian, EnglishC1, Russian, French Studies: Ukrainian, Bulgarian | Message 7 of 33 21 July 2009 at 4:17pm | IP Logged | ||
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I've also been wondering about "getting one for Christmas", but I really want to be able to write in it, circle things, underline, etc...
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| Splog Diglot Senior Member Czech Republic anthonylauder.c Joined 5667 days ago 1062 posts - 3263 votes Speaks: English*, Czech Studies: Mandarin | Message 8 of 33 21 July 2009 at 4:48pm | IP Logged | ||
Like this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwNmrqI-FIk 1 person has voted this message useful |
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