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  • March 16, 2013 at 4:44 am #39107

    eru777
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    I think it would be better to access anki while on my bed . Can you guys recommend any android tablets that are good with Anki ? (Anki 2)

    Thanks

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    March 16, 2013 at 4:53 am #39108

    マーク・ウェーバー
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    There isn’t really anything which can make a tablet superior to other tablets when it comes to anki. All it requires is a touch screen and enough battery time to do review and speakers of decent quality.
    That said, I would recommend something small so you can take it with you and do reviews everywhere you are.

    March 16, 2013 at 11:11 am #39111

    missingno15
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    Yeah, unlike Mark’s Ipad

    March 16, 2013 at 11:33 am #39112

    eru777
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    Yes, I was thinking in terms of portability as well. I think the Kindle Fire (the small ones) is a good choice.

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    March 18, 2013 at 4:52 am #39138

    Torisuke
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    Something to keep in mind regarding Amazon’s tablets is that they are weaker hardware-wise than their direct competitors and are heavily integrated into Amazon’s ecosystems, which hurts their versatility a bit.

     

    Anyways, though anki will run just fine on almost any android device: my sister’s old android 2.3 phone doesn’t even bat an eyelash at it, and I use my nexus 7 for anything language learning tasks (anki, wanikani, dictionary lookup, etc.)

    March 19, 2013 at 10:01 am #39161

    eru777
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    Another pair of questions pertaining to the same subject:

    1.Can I sync my tablet pc with anki on the computer in order to have the same statistics as the computer version of anki ?

    2.Does it take long to sync?

    3.Is that free? (I am talking about the android version)

     

    EDIT: I’m thinking of buying the Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 from Samsung or the Nexus from Google

     

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    March 20, 2013 at 1:38 pm #39173

    vlgi
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    It’s my understanding that android uses a font with the chinese ideographs which can be confusing when you are viewing kanji.

    As far as I know this can only be solved by rooting the tablet and changing the default font to one that use Japanese ideographs instead.

    Anyone know if this is still the case, or if the latest android allows you to change the font without rooting?

    April 3, 2013 at 3:30 pm #39395

    Deph
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    I got a bitty little Archos 28 just to listen to music and do Anki flash cards at work. Does the job great for the 80 bucks I got it for.

    The small screen means I lose a bit on a few Anki dialogs. (Like the buttons at the bottom of the “deck complete for today” screen)

    Not sure about Android itself, but you can change the font Anki uses easily enough.

    Stats sync. Quickly and free.

    April 4, 2013 at 7:32 am #39397

    Jason
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    @vlgi: What I’ve found is that it still depends on the device, however Jellybean is supposed to have enhanced glyph support for Japanese.  Some OEMs, however, (I’m looking at you Samsung) remove this for reasons I can’t begin to fathom and so for some devices rooting is still necessary to get the right fonts.

    EDIT: I found this site: http://www.fontomizer.net/  So it is possible to install the DroidSansJapanese.ttf font and set it as your default font system-wide, however I have noticed it does make the non-Japanese text look a little different.  Not sure if I like it but I guess it’s one way without rooting.

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