Comments on: iPhone apps from Houghton Mifflin Houghton—including American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language http://www.teleread.org/2008/08/29/iphone-apps-from-houghton-mifflin-houghton-including-american-heritage-dictionary-of-the-english-language/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:38:33 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Tracey Northcott http://www.teleread.org/2008/08/29/iphone-apps-from-houghton-mifflin-houghton-including-american-heritage-dictionary-of-the-english-language/comment-page-1/#comment-909487 Tracey Northcott Thu, 18 Sep 2008 17:13:14 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/08/29/iphone-apps-from-houghton-mifflin-houghton-including-american-heritage-dictionary-of-the-english-language/#comment-909487 Please note that the 2.1 update for the iPod/iPhone has been released. This has solved all the problems that some people were experiencing with "bricking" after they had installed many applications or large applications or after updating applications. Any bricking was not due to any single application such as the American Heritage Dictionary rather a combination of factors. Thanks, Tracey Northcott Enfour, Inc. Please note that the 2.1 update for the iPod/iPhone has been released.

This has solved all the problems that some people were experiencing with “bricking” after they had installed many applications or large applications or after updating applications.

Any bricking was not due to any single application such as the American Heritage Dictionary rather a combination of factors.

Thanks,
Tracey Northcott
Enfour, Inc.

]]> By: Chris Meadows http://www.teleread.org/2008/08/29/iphone-apps-from-houghton-mifflin-houghton-including-american-heritage-dictionary-of-the-english-language/comment-page-1/#comment-888093 Chris Meadows Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:48:32 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/08/29/iphone-apps-from-houghton-mifflin-houghton-including-american-heritage-dictionary-of-the-english-language/#comment-888093 eReader has a very decent selection of dictionaries, including Webster's Unabridged, and they don't crash. As an added bonus, the dictionaries can even be used automatically by the eReader client to look up words in whatever fiction book you are currently reading. (Though I have yet to figure out exactly how this works on the iPhone version—I've managed to look up words accidentally while trying to do something else, but never on purpose.) eReader has a very decent selection of dictionaries, including Webster’s Unabridged, and they don’t crash.

As an added bonus, the dictionaries can even be used automatically by the eReader client to look up words in whatever fiction book you are currently reading. (Though I have yet to figure out exactly how this works on the iPhone version—I’ve managed to look up words accidentally while trying to do something else, but never on purpose.)

]]> By: HeavyG http://www.teleread.org/2008/08/29/iphone-apps-from-houghton-mifflin-houghton-including-american-heritage-dictionary-of-the-english-language/comment-page-1/#comment-888088 HeavyG Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:28:36 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/08/29/iphone-apps-from-houghton-mifflin-houghton-including-american-heritage-dictionary-of-the-english-language/#comment-888088 <i>Detail: Customer reviews of the the AHD are mixed. Read carefully before buying. Rightly or wrongly, some say it’s Crash City and might even brick your machine.</i> As I was saying the other day - there are advantages to having a dedicated device for ebook reading and NOT opening up the Kindle to third party apps. Detail: Customer reviews of the the AHD are mixed. Read carefully before buying. Rightly or wrongly, some say it’s Crash City and might even brick your machine.

As I was saying the other day – there are advantages to having a dedicated device for ebook reading and NOT opening up the Kindle to third party apps.

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