On Oct 16, 6:00 am, Jean-Marc Desperrier <jmd...@alussinan.org> wrote:
> John W. wrote:
> > I inherited a Motorola phone the other day and have a couple of
> > questions. First, is there any way to get Japanese to display? I have
> > Windows Mobile 5; will a newer version display Japanese?
>
> No, only a japanese localized version will be able to display japanese
> by default even with WM6.
>
> > [...] if I can display
> > Japanese I find Jim's site satisfies most of my needs (language needs,
> > that is).
>
> I didn't myself do the procedure yet, but the following site describes
> how you can replace the system font with a font of your choice, and so
> get the phone to use a font that can display japanese :http://www.wikihow.com/Change-Fonts-in-Windows-Mobile-2003-Second-Edi...
>
> As noted down the page, you'll need a Smartphone registry editor, PHM
> Registry Editor is cited.

I'll take a look and see if that works. I have only seen WM6 a little,
but it seems Microsoft could have done a lot more with that software,
particularly compared to what the iPhone can do. Hopefully that's
raised the bar and they'll make the next version a bit more robust.
I'd happily get an iPhone if Verizone carried it.

John W.