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Posted by sdb on March 2, 2010, at 8:45:33
instead of carrying huge, heavy books to read while traveling by bus or train I suddenly had the idea to leave these books at home and instead to carry small pocket language dictionaries books. Now its never boring while learning languages and it protects my muscles...
Posted by Dinah on March 3, 2010, at 0:33:17
In reply to i had a good idea, posted by sdb on March 2, 2010, at 8:45:33
I don't know if you have one of those cell phones that can run an ereader. But you don't need to buy a separate gadget to read electronic books anymore. They'll run on a number of portable devices, and google books has a lot of books you can download for free. Older ones of course, but there are lots of good books old enough to have run out of copyright. Plus newer ones for reasonably good prices. Fiction and nonfiction.
I had some of those pocket language dictionaries! But I have absolutely no ability at all to speak with a reasonable accent, so I get discouraged.
Posted by sdb on March 9, 2010, at 14:32:31
In reply to Re: i had a good idea, posted by Dinah on March 3, 2010, at 0:33:17
> I don't know if you have one of those cell phones that can run an ereader. But you don't need to buy a separate gadget to read electronic books anymore. They'll run on a number of portable devices, and google books has a lot of books you can download for free. Older ones of course, but there are lots of good books old enough to have run out of copyright. Plus newer ones for reasonably good prices. Fiction and nonfiction.
at home I have a tablet notebook which is very good to read pdf files. nevertheless it isn't really the solution to read very long documents. There still is the screen frequency of 60 Hertz that makes the eyes tired. I don't know if these new multitouch screens on mobile devices do still have the frequency issue (?)
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> I had some of those pocket language dictionaries! But I have absolutely no ability at all to speak with a reasonable accent, so I get discouraged.Well it needs some exercise. But nobody is perfect and to make a mistake is quite normal.
Posted by Dinah on March 9, 2010, at 18:05:55
In reply to Re: i had a good idea, posted by sdb on March 9, 2010, at 14:32:31
I was surprised at how easy it is to read on my iPod Touch. In general I don't like very small screens, but the letters are clear and don't make my eyes hurt as much as a computer screen. I get a lot of eye strain from my computer.
Dedicated e-ink e-readers are obviously even better, although rather costly still.
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