I've found a new flashcards application for Iphone/Ipod Touch :
http://iflipr.com/
This is a web application, meaning a website specially optimized to work on your Iphone/Ipod touch. You don't have to install anything, which means that you don't have to tinker with the machine firmware. It allows you to create flashcards either from your desktop computer or directly from the Iphone, and then to study them with a learning algorithm called the Leitner method. You can chose to drill your cards front to back or back to front (ie japanese-english or english-japanese), you can also make your card database public (there are already some japanese databases in their library). Apparently you can also embed photos, sounds or videos, though I haven't tried it. The interface is very user friendly
Oh, and it's free too...
Looking around on the net, I found 2 very interesting things that work with this application:
- japanese IME for Iphone
I've posted explanations on the Jpod101 forum :
http://www.japanesepod101.com/forum/vie ... 5787#15787
- Korean IME for Iphone
http://iphoneim.sourceforge.net/#_home
this is a java applet that lets you input korean on your Iphone or Ipod Touch. Contrary to the japanese IME, you can bookmark this one directly from your phone without having to create a bookmark from your desktop computer. However, I have only been able to make the "standard" (not the 3-set default) work (don't ask me why). The site is still in its infancy so there aren't too many explanations but basically when you want to type in korean, just load the page where you want to write, go to the bookmarks on your phone and click on the embedded keyboard link and the next time you type into a text input area it will be in hangul. I'm not sure you can switch back from korean to roman alphabet without refreshing the page, though, so you might want (for the flashcards for example) to write all the english text first before loading the applet.
There's also a chinese IME but I personnaly haven't tried it out.
http://www.gownfull.com/
Hope you find this useful !...
PS：for the french speakers I'll probably make my flashcards databases public, both for korean and japanese; however, I have been studying on supermemo on my palm so far, and I just don't have the energy or time to retype everything into iFlipr. I'll do it gradually, and mostly starting from this week's lessons. So bear with me !!! You'll find them under "Coréen" and "Japonais" in the shared databases section.
