Thread: Does Maemo5 suppor chinese in display and input both ways!?
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2009-11-06 , 07:37
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Originally Posted by lonelybug View Post
The reason is very simple, we buy the stuff with a much more money than other deveices.

If people in here think they create a demo stuff or just a fun stuff, they shouldnt to put it in to a plastic box and make money from it.

If you buy a car which just has the American version, the British version is support by the 3rd party manufactory. what do you think it is a good idear!?
You've obviously missed the entire point of Linux and community software. Nokia are a commercial company: they make products to sell for a profit, not to satisfy a charitable cause. If Nokia thought that they would make enough money selling hardware that supported Kanji then I am sure they would.

The basic fact is that it is harder to design input methods for such a complex language, especially for people that don't speak it as a first language. If you have a simple solution then please share it with the world: I'm sure all manufacturers would love to use it.

Whilst your correctly identify that Chinese is a language spoken by a huge number of people, how many of them are in a position, or have a desire, to buy such a device? Potential customers is the driving force, not the number of speakers of a given language.