<![CDATA[Comments on: Winter Wonderland]]> here. Throw in flashcards and the great start program and it's truly a ChinesePod winter wonderland!]]> 2009-12-05 18:00:00 <![CDATA[By: bababardwan]]> For those outside the US,Wikipedia explains the use of Black Friday in the above context here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Friday_%28shopping%29

"JANUARY 1966 -- "Black Friday" is the name which the Philadelphia Police Department has given to the Friday following Thanksgiving Day. It is not a term of endearment to them. "Black Friday" officially opens the Christmas shopping season in center city, and it usually brings massive traffic jams and over-crowded sidewalks as the downtown stores are mobbed from opening to closing."

Wow,the new mobile learn chinese app looks really cool.I'll have to ask 圣诞老人 {Santa} for the iPhone version for Xmas.Currenly I have the quick review app and a link to the mobile version of the site on my phone.I take it this new app will replace the quick review app and will have flashcards and dictionary as well? With the mobile version of the site I do already listen to the latest lesson if I'm out and about,but it doesn't seem to keep this download if I wanted to listen to it later.I can keep up with the other parts of the site on it such as the community.I'm wondering why the features of the new app weren't just enabled in the mobile version of the site,but I guess the answer is for technical reasons.Anyhow,when it's all up and running I'd be interested in the best way to use it all on a mobile.Thanks CPod .Jiayou.

]]> For those outside the US,Wikipedia explains the use of Black Friday in the above context here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Friday_%28shopping%29

"JANUARY 1966 -- "Black Friday" is the name which the Philadelphia Police Department has given to the Friday following Thanksgiving Day. It is not a term of endearment to them. "Black Friday" officially opens the Christmas shopping season in center city, and it usually brings massive traffic jams and over-crowded sidewalks as the downtown stores are mobbed from opening to closing."

Wow,the new mobile learn chinese app looks really cool.I'll have to ask 圣诞老人 {Santa} for the iPhone version for Xmas.Currenly I have the quick review app and a link to the mobile version of the site on my phone.I take it this new app will replace the quick review app and will have flashcards and dictionary as well? With the mobile version of the site I do already listen to the latest lesson if I'm out and about,but it doesn't seem to keep this download if I wanted to listen to it later.I can keep up with the other parts of the site on it such as the community.I'm wondering why the features of the new app weren't just enabled in the mobile version of the site,but I guess the answer is for technical reasons.Anyhow,when it's all up and running I'd be interested in the best way to use it all on a mobile.Thanks CPod .Jiayou.

]]> <![CDATA[By: Nikochan]]> great work with the flash-cards !

Flash-cards (Fonts) were the only major part of your website which I had troubles with from my windows mobile cellular (Toshiba tg01). Now it works great so I can use the flash-cards on-the-go.
Thanks again for your hard work !
Karl
PS: FYI, a minor issue I still have on my cellular is the sentence-reordering in the lesson exercises section. Drag-and-drop feature is cool on a PC but having some "move-up", "move-down" buttons may be more pratical for cellulars.

]]> great work with the flash-cards !

Flash-cards (Fonts) were the only major part of your website which I had troubles with from my windows mobile cellular (Toshiba tg01). Now it works great so I can use the flash-cards on-the-go.
Thanks again for your hard work !
Karl
PS: FYI, a minor issue I still have on my cellular is the sentence-reordering in the lesson exercises section. Drag-and-drop feature is cool on a PC but having some "move-up", "move-down" buttons may be more pratical for cellulars.

]]> <![CDATA[By: chris]]> Am I missing something - it's been possible to listen to lessons on your mobile device for ages.  I've got an HP iPAQ and simply open the web browser, go to chinesepod.com and then click on the lesson link - in fact exactly the same process I go through when using my laptop.

Could someone clarify how what John was referring to is different to this?

Thanks

Chris

 

]]> Am I missing something - it's been possible to listen to lessons on your mobile device for ages.  I've got an HP iPAQ and simply open the web browser, go to chinesepod.com and then click on the lesson link - in fact exactly the same process I go through when using my laptop.

Could someone clarify how what John was referring to is different to this?

Thanks

Chris

 

]]> <![CDATA[By: bababardwan]]> chris,

I don't know about your mobile device,but does it not only download the lesson but save it for listening to later? [I couldn't as far as I could tell anyhow on my iPhone].Also,previously you couldn't get all the other tabs like vocab and expansion.Have you checked out the mobile tab under resources?

]]> chris,

I don't know about your mobile device,but does it not only download the lesson but save it for listening to later? [I couldn't as far as I could tell anyhow on my iPhone].Also,previously you couldn't get all the other tabs like vocab and expansion.Have you checked out the mobile tab under resources?

]]> <![CDATA[By: eupnea63355]]> I hugely appreciate the improvements to the CP site! I've never been able to use the flashcards in the past. Seems I can use them now but I was wondering, is it my computer, or the site - the character is about one third the size of the huge forward and back arrows. Also the font is a "thick" type, not the easiest to read. If I enlarge the screen using the cntrl feature within the browser software, the arrows barely show in the screen and the character gets thicker and thicker. I am the semi-blind one in the group, however, and enlarge everything much more than the average person. Is it possible to change that font so it's not the blocky-thick style? Just wondering, NOT complaining! :)

Again, my bad eyesight is a factor so I am not asking for special consideration, only if there is a way to change the thick font, and if the arrow-to-character ratio is like I describe or if it is my old, crippled laptop! I do pen & paper character writing and in fact am juggling home-made flashcards, notebook and pen with my laptop in my recliner at this very moment as I type.

Love love love ChinesePod! With or without extra features, it's well worth my money.

我的小儿子刚刚买了Android手机。我想试试新的CP app.

（对不对？） What if I want to say "I would like to try the new app on his cell phone"? 我想在他的手机新的CP appl (?) or 我祥用他的......

Which brings up another question: How does one type the "......" six dots/periods when having Chinese selected for the language in Windows? If I try using the period, of course I get "。。。。。。“ If I switch back to English, the dots are inppropriately close together.

]]> I hugely appreciate the improvements to the CP site! I've never been able to use the flashcards in the past. Seems I can use them now but I was wondering, is it my computer, or the site - the character is about one third the size of the huge forward and back arrows. Also the font is a "thick" type, not the easiest to read. If I enlarge the screen using the cntrl feature within the browser software, the arrows barely show in the screen and the character gets thicker and thicker. I am the semi-blind one in the group, however, and enlarge everything much more than the average person. Is it possible to change that font so it's not the blocky-thick style? Just wondering, NOT complaining! :)

Again, my bad eyesight is a factor so I am not asking for special consideration, only if there is a way to change the thick font, and if the arrow-to-character ratio is like I describe or if it is my old, crippled laptop! I do pen & paper character writing and in fact am juggling home-made flashcards, notebook and pen with my laptop in my recliner at this very moment as I type.

Love love love ChinesePod! With or without extra features, it's well worth my money.

我的小儿子刚刚买了Android手机。我想试试新的CP app.

（对不对？） What if I want to say "I would like to try the new app on his cell phone"? 我想在他的手机新的CP appl (?) or 我祥用他的......

Which brings up another question: How does one type the "......" six dots/periods when having Chinese selected for the language in Windows? If I try using the period, of course I get "。。。。。。“ If I switch back to English, the dots are inppropriately close together.

]]> <![CDATA[By: tiaopidepi]]> @Chris: What you're saying is "mobile devices have had web browsers for a long time", and that's quite true. I can look at CPod on my WinMo phone and if my old iPaq still worked, I can browse the web on it.

John's announcement concerns an Android application that uses CPod content. Think of the "We Love Chinese Pod" for the Android phone. He made one for the iPhone previously, but the Android became cooler and John is just way too hip to stick with the old hipness : )

]]> @Chris: What you're saying is "mobile devices have had web browsers for a long time", and that's quite true. I can look at CPod on my WinMo phone and if my old iPaq still worked, I can browse the web on it.

John's announcement concerns an Android application that uses CPod content. Think of the "We Love Chinese Pod" for the Android phone. He made one for the iPhone previously, but the Android became cooler and John is just way too hip to stick with the old hipness : )

]]> <![CDATA[By: jianxuexi]]> @bababardwan 

I just heard on our local news (west coast, USA) that the term Black Friday indicated it was the first week that put retail stores "in the black" because of the huge sales.  Don't actually know which is correct for origin.  It's come to have a lot of meanings over the years. 

 

@John

Everytime I use the flashcards since the site was "upgraded", it automatically skips ever other word - the character actually flashes on for a second, but skips to the next one.  I've tried it many times over the last week & it happens every time.  I've tried using only "hanzi" or "hanzi & audio" and it always happens, both on the site and on my iPod.  Is anyone else having this problem??!!??  It's very frustrating!

jian

]]> @bababardwan 

I just heard on our local news (west coast, USA) that the term Black Friday indicated it was the first week that put retail stores "in the black" because of the huge sales.  Don't actually know which is correct for origin.  It's come to have a lot of meanings over the years. 

 

@John

Everytime I use the flashcards since the site was "upgraded", it automatically skips ever other word - the character actually flashes on for a second, but skips to the next one.  I've tried it many times over the last week & it happens every time.  I've tried using only "hanzi" or "hanzi & audio" and it always happens, both on the site and on my iPod.  Is anyone else having this problem??!!??  It's very frustrating!

jian

]]> <![CDATA[By: cowenparkseattle]]> The new G1 app is awesome.   Thanks!

I've been using the flash cards app on the G1 since it came out.  The main problem I have is that the buttons, like "next", are so tiny and narrow that it is easy to hit the wrong spot accidentally and not realize it.  Also, be sure not to double-click when you mean to single-click.  Maybe this will help somebody.

]]> The new G1 app is awesome.   Thanks!

I've been using the flash cards app on the G1 since it came out.  The main problem I have is that the buttons, like "next", are so tiny and narrow that it is easy to hit the wrong spot accidentally and not realize it.  Also, be sure not to double-click when you mean to single-click.  Maybe this will help somebody.

]]> <![CDATA[By: John]]> chris,

The new Android app is a dedicated app, so you don't need to use a browser.  When you create a dedicated mobile app, you can design it to solve mobile-specific problems much more easily.

]]> chris,

The new Android app is a dedicated app, so you don't need to use a browser.  When you create a dedicated mobile app, you can design it to solve mobile-specific problems much more easily.

]]> <![CDATA[By: John]]> a1pi2,

Ha! We love the openness of the Android development platform compared to the iPhone's. When we finish an Android app, we can get it in the Android Market right away. iPhone apps, however, take weeks to be approved.

]]> a1pi2,

Ha! We love the openness of the Android development platform compared to the iPhone's. When we finish an Android app, we can get it in the Android Market right away. iPhone apps, however, take weeks to be approved.

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