So Apple just bumped the 3G download size limit from 20 to 50 MB, which means we now have 30 extra MB of built-in data file space to play around with. We're going to use about 5MB of that for basic 2.3-related stuff (like the code libraries for our new text-to-speech feature, and a few new graphical assets) but that's still 25MB that aren't spoken for.
So: what sorts of data files would you like to see us use this extra space for? Pretty much anything can be an add-on download too, including our new font files, so this doesn't really impact which features will be in the product - it's mostly an issue of which features / functions are important enough to deserve to be built into our app from the moment that people download it.
For example, should we build in a version of CC-CEDICT to make up for the vocabulary gaps in the PLC dictionary? (11 MB) We could still make it updatable between app versions. Should we put in all of Unihan so there isn't any more fiddling around with the "extended version"? (2-3 MB) Should we build in basic single-syllable audio (9 MB), or add a demo version of OCR so people don't have to download that (2 MB)? Maybe build in some useful flashcard vocabulary lists (1 MB), or some interesting reader documents (1 MB)? Should we build in the instruction manual (13 MB, but only 1 if we make it text-only)? Should we build in a Kai font file and default to it for headword display? (13 MB)
So: what sorts of data files would you like to see us use this extra space for? Pretty much anything can be an add-on download too, including our new font files, so this doesn't really impact which features will be in the product - it's mostly an issue of which features / functions are important enough to deserve to be built into our app from the moment that people download it.
For example, should we build in a version of CC-CEDICT to make up for the vocabulary gaps in the PLC dictionary? (11 MB) We could still make it updatable between app versions. Should we put in all of Unihan so there isn't any more fiddling around with the "extended version"? (2-3 MB) Should we build in basic single-syllable audio (9 MB), or add a demo version of OCR so people don't have to download that (2 MB)? Maybe build in some useful flashcard vocabulary lists (1 MB), or some interesting reader documents (1 MB)? Should we build in the instruction manual (13 MB, but only 1 if we make it text-only)? Should we build in a Kai font file and default to it for headword display? (13 MB)