Hand-held devices for learners

[Andrea Berez]

Hi Claire, and others
She didn't say what "inexpensive" means, but I would assume that USD300 
would be a reasonable target.

I wouldn't be surprised if Palm Pilots or Pocket PC's came to everyone's 
minds, too; can anyone recommend specific models?

Thanks,
Andrea




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On Mon, 14 Aug 2006, Claire Bowern wrote:

> Hi Andrea,
> What sort of price range is "inexpensive"? Most of the things I can think of 
> are at least US$200 - Palm Pilot or PocketPC PDA sort of things. Is that the 
> sort of thing your friend is looking for?
> Claire
>
> Andrea Berez wrote:
>> Hello List,
>> A friend of mine is working with an elder in her community to learn her 
>> heritage language, and has asked for a recommendation for a hand-held 
>> device with the following features (in order of priority, high to low):
>> 
>> 1. Inexpensive
>> 2. For viewing Word documents, pdfs, and images of scanned paper materials
>> 3. Capable of "handling audio" (she wasn't more specific than this; I 
>> assume she means mp3 playback or the like, but she may mean low-quality 
>> recording as well)
>> 4. Internet capable
>> 
>> If you can suggest such a device, I would be much obliged. Remember, it's 
>> not necessarily for fieldwork, but rather for convenience.
>> 
>> Best wishes,
>> Andrea Berez
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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