I am a bit late on this thread. You need to check out padict . It's GPL, runs on a Palm and is fantastic! What more could ask?
It won't teach you to speak Japanese though. I don't think software are much help with conversation. Have you though of trading English conversation with a native speaker?
I am the author of PocketKanji and I would like to draw attention to these two projects.
They are aimed at students of japanese who own a PalmOS device. You do not need to have a Japanese device as the applications draw the character themselves.
PocketKanji will recognize a handwritten character and give you the definition of a kanji.
PAdict will give you the translation of japanese words to english. It has recently included the PocketKanji code so that you can now draw characters you don't know and find the translation of japanese words.
I think the two projects will merge eventually. I am looking for volunteers to help me add characters to the character recognisation database.
As an aside, it is not CPU intensive to draw japanese characters. It takes a bit of ram to hold a decent font but that's about it.
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I am a bit late on this thread. You need to check out padict . It's GPL, runs on a Palm and is fantastic! What more could ask?
It won't teach you to speak Japanese though. I don't think software are much help with conversation. Have you though of trading English conversation with a native speaker?
I am the author of PocketKanji and I would like to draw attention to these two projects.
They are aimed at students of japanese who own a PalmOS device. You do not need to have a Japanese device as the applications draw the character themselves.
PocketKanji will recognize a handwritten character and give you the definition of a kanji.
PAdict will give you the translation of japanese words to english. It has recently included the PocketKanji code so that you can now draw characters you don't know and find the translation of japanese words.
I think the two projects will merge eventually. I am looking for volunteers to help me add characters to the character recognisation database.
As an aside, it is not CPU intensive to draw japanese characters. It takes a bit of ram to hold a decent font but that's about it.
Why no one mentioned nethack. It's a great game and it doesn't look much like a game. Netris is a good one too. But it looks more like a game.