(keitai-l) Re: handwriting as Japanese input method for the keitai

FYI--my first time responding to this list--Kyocera and Samsung both have
introduced Smart Phones based on Palm OS.  Kyocera is available through
Verizon and Samsung through both Verizon and Sprint in the US.  The Kyocera
ketai has been an unqualified success and supports the Palm Graffiti--I
personally have the Kyocera model and it is a device that is much larger
than the traditional Japanese ketai (Samsung is slightly smaller), supports
full PDA compatibility (including IrDA) with my PC and has a multitude of
features that make it a great replacement for a phone and a PDA.  I am down
to carrying only one device and enjoy it...just wish that I could get
reasonable international coverage at a reasonable price (CDMA protocol works
in both Korea and Taiwan...but at $2 per minute--ouch).
Ernie Besso
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Lester" <paul.lester@lincmedia.co.jp>
To: <keitai-l@appelsiini.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2002 10:35 PM
Subject: (keitai-l) Re: handwriting as Japanese input method for the keitai


>
>     My guess is that :
>
> About 2 years ago, someone in Japan
> starting selling a touch screen phone.  It flopped completely.
> I think its because of that consumer response that no Japanese
> company has tried anything similar with keitais....
>
>     I saw an ad in the US just now for a touch screen keitai.
> (I wonder if its the same one).
> Perhaps it will flop also, or perhaps not.  Different consumer
> base could result in a different response, or maybe not....
>
>     The consumers dislike of a pen and a keitai is probably
> why no ones doing it.  Its too bad, perhaps it could work with
> some Microsoft marketing (they can sell anything!).
>
>     If a consumer wants it there's always the DREADED pluginable keyboard.
> Or you can hook up your PDA to your computer to your keitai and
> use it that way.....albeit just as a proof of concept.
>
>     The question I always ask is when and if will "tiny" computers like my
Cassiopea,
> ,"bulky" PDAs, and "normal" keitais (portable phones) combine..... And in
what way,
> and what do us (and they) (the users) really want.
>
>     Its incredible how archaic phones are in the US.  Its like being
> back 2 years ago.  (I'm in the US right now).
>
> Wolfgang Slany wrote:
>
> > I wonder why Sharp, Sony, Casio etc do not put their excellent
handwriting
> > recognition software from their pda's into their keitais. Writing should
> > be the most natural and fastest way to enter Japanese characters. I love
> > it on my Zaurus since several years, and it's far superior to all other
> > input methods I have used or still must use on other hardware. It should
> > also be ideally suited for the small screen.
> >
> > Wolfgang
> >
> > Wolfgang SLANY                      mailto:wsi@dbai.tuwien.ac.at
> >
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> -Paul
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