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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. Easy answer by Stonent1 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Buy an imported PDA and get full language support. I have yet to see any computer that didn't have some english support.

  2. Re:english rocks by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Uh-huh. Gotta love the "if it's popular it must be good" argument. Kinda like the way some idiots argue, "other OS's suck. Use Windows. There is a reason most people use Windows..." Oh and then there's that pesky fact about how the majority of the planet that doesn't speak English.

  3. Oh for God's sake. . . by Fritz+Benwalla · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Sorry to be a bastard about this, but please don't use Ask Slashdot for a simple request that takes two seconds to look up on Google.

    The VERY FIRST response on Google is a very complete PowerPoint presentation comparing various plugins for complex language support including Chinese and Japanese, and there were a bunch of useful links from there.

    Ask Slashdot should be reserved for important things, like whether Go rulez more than Chess, or endless speculation on who will play the Empire State Building in the new Peter Jackson version of King Kong

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    Believe me, I'm as surprised by my comment as you are.
  4. Buy/Import from Japan... by leeet · · Score: 2, Insightful

    When I was in Japan, I saw a ton of Japanese based pda's. It's much easier for them to support english than for US to support japanese..!

    Palm has one and so does Zaurus (in fact, they have many models).

    Oh and BTW, they are much more cooler than the US models :)

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