language packs?

[loustrk]

Just ordered a G1 for my wife, the order went through so I guess they
still have some left!
My wife is from China and I was just wanted to know if there are any
language packs available. She knows English well but always emails
her friends back home in Chinese.

[rawskilz]

i belive its only english for now. until they expand

[stopcrazypp]

Just ordered a G1 for my wife, the order went through so I guess they
still have some left!
My wife is from China and I was just wanted to know if there are any
language packs available. She knows English well but always emails
her friends back home in Chinese.

I know the Droid font for Android supports Chinese, so you should be able to read the emails at least:
http://www.ascendercorp.com/pr/pr2007_11_12.html

Haven't heard of any multilingual support for the phone in terms of input though, so most likely it will be third party.

There is some work being done on Chinese input by developers:
http://groups.google.com/group/andro...7085365e5a1eaa

There is an existing Chinese Android Developer Community so they might make one too:
http://www.androidin.com/

Also China Mobile is slated to have an Android phone, so Chinese support might come soon.
http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20080925PD221.html

[loustrk]

There are a lot of symbols in Chinese, I'm not sure if there will be any support for it just yet . Also, there might be some issues with handwritten text on a capacitive display. I'd imagine that since someone was able to create a 3rd party app for the iPhone long before Apple supported it, it should not be long before it's available on Android.

I hope so! her laptop runs xp and the language packs are easy!
One shift and she's typing pinyin or English. Just sucks if she can't
email home when she's on the road.

[loustrk]

[quote=stopcrazypp;7639]I know the Droid font for Android supports Chinese, so you should be able to read the emails at least:
http://www.ascendercorp.com/pr/pr2007_11_12.html

Haven't heard of any multilingual support for the phone in terms of input though, so most likely it will be third party.

There is some work being done on Chinese input by developers:
http://groups.google.com/group/andro...7085365e5a1eaa

There is an existing Chinese Android Developer Community so they might make one too:
http://www.androidin.com/

Thank you!!
Now I have to read some links

[Gary.Lavin]

Did you pay $299? Looks like the price has gone up and they are available again....

[rawskilz]

Did you pay $299? Looks like the price has gone up and they are available again....

most of us payed 299 + tax. unless your full upgrade is available

[loustrk]

Did you pay $299? Looks like the price has gone up and they are available again....

179.00 with my wife's upgrade, then 299.00 because she wanted
one also!

[stopcrazypp]

@ loustrk
Before I forget, as a temporary measure before developers develop Chinese input, since Android has copy & paste for text fields you can google "online chinese input" and there are a couple of websites which feature javascript based chinese input. So you might be able to use that and just copy the Chinese text into the email from the text box after typing it up at those websites.

[loustrk]

@ loustrk
Before I forget, as a temporary measure before developers develop Chinese input, since Android has copy & paste for text fields you can google "online chinese input" and there are a couple of websites which feature javascript based chinese input. So you might be able to use that and just copy the Chinese text into the email from the text box after typing it up at those websites.

Sweet!
I know there are answers out there, I'm just a little new to this
and not sure where to ask the questions. Well I know now!
thanks to all and this site!!