Never mind that the iPhone does not have a Chinese distributor and perhaps never will in the foreseeable future, but that does not stop some Chinese iPhone enthusiasts from conjuring up functions like Chinese handwriting recognition, which to my mind at least is a brilliant firmware upgrade. A screen shot of the interface was posted on wretch.cc. Apparently, Japanese is supported as well though that does not include handwriting recognition. What is left hanging by the screen shot is the input method. Does the Chinese iPhone user grow his fingernails long, or does Apple finally decide the iPhone could use a stylus after all.
[via engadget]
May 6th, 2008 at 1:05 pm
“Does the Chinese iPhone user grow his fingernails long, or does Apple finally decide the iPhone could use a stylus after all”
iPhone’s capacitive touchscreen will not work with a finger nail. Try it. Not enough capacitance. It also won’t work with a regular stylus either. But since it looks like people would draw large characters using this handwriting-recognition interface, chances are it will work OK with a finger pad.
May 8th, 2008 at 8:48 am
Maybe they use a Touch pen? handwriting-recognition in China is full developed but I still doubt iPhone really need to update this into their system? Chinese guys got enough iPhone already…
June 18th, 2008 at 3:52 pm
[...] mind though. The iPhone now only goes for a fraction of its former price. Besides, iPhone 2.0 has Chinese character recognition. built-in iPhone’s 3G might be wasted in China but I’m sure Apple won’t include [...]