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Originally Posted by jocampo
Good point, but ...
I can do the same with my Kindle 3 ....  ...
Yes, it takes a bit faster with touchscreen but would not justify the touchscreen itself, not only for a dictionary. Actually, reading with my Galaxy Tab, using Kindle app, it takes maybe a second more while it calls the dictionary app and retrieves the info from Internet or over 3G. Kindle 3 dictionary is built-in; I just need to move the cursor and the word description will be there because the data has been incorporated as part of the device.
I think the touchscreen convenience is more noticeable on an Operating System. Moving around several pages or even browsing, is way much faster via touchscreen. That's why iPhones just changed the way we used phones.
A true story and a funny one:
When I was a kid and was reading something, I used to ask my dad for the meaning of words. He never answered at that moment but pointed me to the home office so I can grab a huge and heavy dictionary that we had, a spanish one. Following that, he asked me to look for the word and before start reading, he just describe or give the meaning to me, which was basically the same on the dictionary. He past away long time ago but I will never forget that and I developed an awesome Spanish vocabulary that way. The whole process would take maybe 5 min for a simple word, but a true learning experience  |
Thank you for sharing that.
You reminded me of my own childhood.