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Complex Language Support for PDA's?

Posted by Cliff on from the support-for-your-pictograms dept.

Jasin Natael asks: "What PDA's/Smartphones, etc. support complex languages in addition to more 'standard' languages? I'm a student of Japanese and am looking for a new PDA or smartphone that operates in English, but supports complex character sets. Input is a plus, but it's really needed for Contacts, Notes, Websites, and incoming E-Mail at a minimum. Would it be easy to add support to a Linux PDA (Zaurus) or Pocket PC for this? What about right-to-left languages, like Hebrew and Arabic?"

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  1. Complex language support? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I thought you meant Perl support.

  2. Whoa - TLA mixup! by The+Troll+Catcher · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm taking an Automata and Formal Languages class, and at first I thought this said "Context-Free Language support for PDA's" (a PDA is a push-down automata). And I thought, "aren't they already equivalent?"

  3. Right to Left? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Just make the characters upside down and turn the PDA upside down. That will make them work right to left.

    Easily Fixed.. Where is my million dollars?

    Give me a Job... Resume is at http://www.newberrycollege.net

  4. How about windows by digitalgimpus · · Score: 2, Funny

    Those blue screens of death are so cryptic, you can take them to be any language you want.

    Another problem solved.

  5. Re:Oh for God's sake. . . by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    Ask Slashdot should be reserved for important things, like whether Go rulez more than Chess

    Of course it does! Any idiot could tell you that, and if you submitted it to Ask Slashdot, plenty of them would!

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  6. Re:english rocks --- yeah but by boogy+nightmare · · Score: 2, Funny

    But its a shame you Americans cant speak it, you cant even spell things correct....

    repeat after me...

    colour
    armour
    catalogue
    Aluminium (Al - you - min - i - um)

    Simon

    dont get on your high horses this is called humour

    --
    Kingdom of Loathing (www.kingdomofloathing.com) Addicted is me
  7. Re:japanese zaurus-es are the best way to go by aminorex · · Score: 2, Funny

    Zauri.

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    -I like my women like I like my tea: green-
  8. Re:Oh for God's sake. . . by hmccabe · · Score: 2, Funny

    From google.com : Search took 0.21 seconds.

    a simple request that takes two seconds to look up on Google.

    A little less, actually.

  9. Re:Oh for God's sake. . . by Graspee_Leemoor · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Ask Slashdot should be reserved for important things, like whether Go rulez more than Chess"

    No, that's a simple answer too. Yes, go 0wnz chess. Chess is go's lil' bitch to be brought out at SM parties on a leash as a talking point.

    graspee