Question for iPod owners............

Dalen · **Posted:** Wed Apr 19, 2006 11:40 pm

Would you read books or study guides on your iPod? If you could, would you use your iPod to study a language or college course? Do you think something like this would be useful? Would reading books on your iPod be something that you would do?

Verbal Intercourse · **Posted:** Wed Apr 19, 2006 11:41 pm

Hell no

Verbal Intercourse · **Posted:** Wed Apr 19, 2006 11:42 pm

Who wants to do anything on something with a two inch screen except listen for music

DHRjericho · **Posted:** Wed Apr 19, 2006 11:42 pm

Probably not books or study guides just because the screen is so small that i'd probably get headaches but i do like the language idea.

I'd try that.

Prince of Darkness · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:41 am **Posts:** 11048

If i was in school... sure.

Dalen · **Posted:** Wed Apr 19, 2006 11:47 pm

Verbal Intercourse Wrote:

Who wants to do anything on something with a two inch screen except listen for music

well, seeing the 10's of thousands of users that have downloaded video on iTunes...

:roll:

Dalen · **Posted:** Wed Apr 19, 2006 11:48 pm

Prince of Darkness Wrote:

If i was in school... sure.

so as DHRjericho stated, languages would be a preferred subject?

Verbal Intercourse · **Posted:** Wed Apr 19, 2006 11:49 pm

Dalen Wrote:

Verbal Intercourse Wrote:

Who wants to do anything on something with a two inch screen except listen for music

well, seeing the 10's of thousands of users that have downloaded video on iTunes...

:roll:

What I should have said was...

What kind of fucking idiot wants to watch music videos or movies on a two inch screen?

A Northern Soul · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 12:23 pm **Posts:** 3742

absolutely not. i can barely stare at the thing long enough to read a magazine article. anything above that is a lost cause.

DHRjericho · **Posted:** Wed Apr 19, 2006 11:50 pm

Dalen Wrote:

Prince of Darkness Wrote:

If i was in school... sure.

so as DHRjericho stated, languages would be a preferred subject?

I'd be a good mixture of visuals and sound...plus portable.

Dalen · **Posted:** Wed Apr 19, 2006 11:53 pm

Verbal Intercourse Wrote:

Dalen Wrote:

Verbal Intercourse Wrote:

Who wants to do anything on something with a two inch screen except listen for music

well, seeing the 10's of thousands of users that have downloaded video on iTunes...

:roll:

What I should have said was...

What kind of fucking idiot wants to watch music videos or movies on a two inch screen?

10's of thousands of users that have downloaded video on iTunes

Dalen · **Posted:** Wed Apr 19, 2006 11:54 pm

Prince of Darkness Wrote:

If i was in school... sure.

Phil....

could you see students using something like this?

Flying Rabbit · **Posted:** Wed Apr 19, 2006 11:54 pm

Verbal Intercourse Wrote:

Dalen Wrote:

Verbal Intercourse Wrote:

Who wants to do anything on something with a two inch screen except listen for music

well, seeing the 10's of thousands of users that have downloaded video on iTunes...

:roll:

What I should have said was...

What kind of fucking idiot wants to watch music videos or movies on a two inch screen?

If and when the new ver. of the Ipod comes out, the screen will be at least an inch larger, which will make things a tad easier. I think you underestimate the fact that people watch crap on their ipods.

timmyjoe42 · **Posted:** Thu Apr 20, 2006 12:02 am

I'd rather use that stuff on a PDA with a bigger screen

wilked · **Posted:** Thu Apr 20, 2006 12:04 am

college kids barely show up to mandatory classes...you think they are gonna study on their ipod?

south pacific · **Posted:** Thu Apr 20, 2006 12:09 am

Didn't someone make some kind of magnifier that attaches to the front of the iPod and enlarges the size of the screen? If not, someone could make a mint doing this. Recently I saw on YouTube that some guy had programmed Doom II to play on his video iPod...awesome.

This past week I sold off my unopened Nano because I wanted something with more storage and video capability. I'm thinking about getting the 20GB video one.

Anyone want to give me some tips and tricks? I took a look at iPod lounge but it wasn't very helpful.

Prince of Darkness · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:41 am **Posts:** 11048

I could totally see kids using this for supplemental resources in any subject, especially if they come out with that touchscreen shit.

Multiple choice practice quiz, flash card style studying of facts/vocabulary, etc...

in a college setting it would be especially helpful for music majors to quiz on music theory examples, symphonic lit excerpts like from the Norton Anthology of Western Music (every music major has those books and buys those cds and they're crazy pricey), pedagogical video reference for music ed majors...

It could be sick.

You just gotta have vision.

Prince of Darkness · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:41 am **Posts:** 11048

If you could carry a searchable version of your textbook on your ipod wouldn't you rather carry that to class instead of your fucking heavy ass books? Leave the book at home to study with...

download lecture notes from your professor to listen to on your commute or if you miss a class because you're sick or hungover

splates · **Posted:** Thu Apr 20, 2006 12:39 am

wouldnt this just be a PDA then?

wilked · **Posted:** Thu Apr 20, 2006 12:41 am

splates Wrote:

wouldnt this just be a PDA then?

Is a cell phone just a phone these days?

Nothing is *just* one thing any more, lines are getting blurred

Prince of Darkness · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:41 am **Posts:** 11048

does it matter what it's called?

I don't own a PDA, i do own an ipod.

Dalen · **Posted:** Thu Apr 20, 2006 12:52 am

Prince of Darkness Wrote:

Multiple choice practice quiz, flash card style studying of facts/vocabulary, etc...

this is exactly what i'm looking at.

my wife is a teacher as well, and she said that the majority of students have ipods, and that they would definitely use them to study for specific subjects.

the music theory angle seems very interesting as well.

ptrck · **Joined:** Wed Oct 27, 2004 10:55 pm **Posts:** 5568

splates Wrote:

wouldnt this just be a PDA then?

Yeah, but it wouldnt be cool

(And Dalen couldnt profit off it, apparently)

The Mayor of Simpleton · **Posted:** Thu Apr 20, 2006 2:56 am

Ipod book 'Tales of Ribaldry' Wrote:

"It was at this point that
Sir Ian Wallaby
approached the
queen for a favor"

scroll scroll scroll

"that he never intend-
ed to fulfill.

When the queen
deigned to see
Wallaby, he seized"

scroll scroll scroll

"the moment and
captured her
attention with a
simple trick - he
pulled a coin from"

scroll scroll scroll

"the ear of her
court jester, one
Thomas McKenna
of York, who it
just so happens"

scroll scroll scroll

"was her secret
lover.

Wallaby, unin-
formed of this
twist, had made
the unfortunate"

scroll scroll scroll

"mistake of
informing McKenna
of his ill intentions
toward the queen
and her fortunes."

scroll scroll scroll

"The parlor trick
worked, if only
temporarily, for
the jester, in a
desperate bid"

scroll scroll scroll

"to gain access to
the passion of the
young, nubile
queen, provided
her with the story
Wallaby had
earlier enter-"

scroll scroll scroll

"tained him with.
The queen let the
rage fuel her pas-
sion for the mom-
ent, but soon sent
her guards after"

scroll scroll scroll

"the fleet-footed
Wallaby, who by
now was well on
his way to Spain,
where he sought"

scroll scroll scroll

"further monetary
substantiation
from a monastery
that was eager to
release their latest
Bible translation"

scroll scroll scroll

"upon a Christ-
ianity-hungry
world. Wallaby,
posing as an
enterprising
young print-maker,"

scroll scroll scroll

"approached the
monks with a deal.
It is at that moment
that the queen's
guards, swords
drawn, closed the"

scroll scroll scroll

"deal for Wallaby,
slicing his head
clean off, and
riding off with
the fruits of the
holy men's labors."

scroll scroll scroll

"The queen would
treasure her illicit
Book, both for its
exquisite religious
content, and for the
blood she drew to"

scroll scroll scroll

"obtain it."

Yeah, that would make for great reading experiences.

Flying Rabbit · **Posted:** Thu Apr 20, 2006 3:00 am

Yeah but if you were smart enough to program in a book, then you could also program an automatic scrolling function.

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