tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3523041.post5113650748375391331..comments2024-02-08T00:38:57.594-05:00Comments on Talmud תלמוד by Tzvee Zahavy: Newer Bigger El Grande Amazon Kindle Coming this Summer for $489Tzvee Zahavyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15833902273722124103noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3523041.post-70435810034084740182009-05-05T10:12:00.000-04:002009-05-05T10:12:00.000-04:00From Richard:
Hebrew font rendering notwithstandin...From Richard:<br />Hebrew font rendering notwithstanding (this is a minor detail that will be resolved - as Theophrastus correctly points out is a question of Unicode font support), the Kindle represents the future direction of readable print media. Paper and ink (especially newspapers) are a thing of the past. Very likely there will be second generation products similar to the Kindle that eventually end out replacing it, much in the same way that digital VCRs have supplanted the TIVO. Now the only question is what kinds of business models will surround this new media. (Accidentally rejected, but retrieved.)Tzvee Zahavyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15833902273722124103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3523041.post-54895017207222536182009-05-04T22:45:00.000-04:002009-05-04T22:45:00.000-04:00Thanks. Nicer pictures that don't suggest a touch ...Thanks. Nicer pictures that don't suggest a touch screen. But the hack is exactly what takes me back 25 years - when we were excited by our publication - "Homebrew Hebrew: Using the Microcomputer from Right to Left," Collegiate Microcomputer, Vol. V, no. 1, February, 1987. [Based on a paper read at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, Chicago, December, 1984] - please give me a break.Tzvee Zahavyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15833902273722124103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3523041.post-31706626175284721252009-05-04T22:35:00.000-04:002009-05-04T22:35:00.000-04:00Well, what can I say -- it is little fuss to enabl...Well, what can I say -- it is little fuss to enable Hebrew in the Kindle 2 -- one needs to enable unicode -- but it is certaily doable. For example, see <A HREF="http://www.blogkindle.com/unicode-fonts-hack/" REL="nofollow">the Unicode Fonts Hack</A>. <br /><br />I rather like my Kindle 2, and I think I'll buy the Kindle DX when it comes out too. See these <A HREF="http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/amazon-kindle-dx-to-feature-9-7-inch-display/" REL="nofollow">real photos</A> (not the one of the prototype of the competing product.Theophrastushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04981876713019298465noreply@blogger.com