John W. wrote:
> 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.

They _could_ have done more but then how would they get you to buy 
another overpriced upgrade pack if they did?

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CL