http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/07/15/what-would-chinese-input-look-like-on-an-iphone-now-you-know/ Engadget Mobile Comments for What would Chinese input look like on an iPhone? Now you know http://www.engadgetmobile.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadgetmobile.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/07/15/what-would-chinese-input-look-like-on-an-iphone-now-you-know/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/07/15/what-would-chinese-input-look-like-on-an-iphone-now-you-know/
*shrug*]]>Jul 15th 2007 7:41PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/07/15/what-would-chinese-input-look-like-on-an-iphone-now-you-know/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/07/15/what-would-chinese-input-look-like-on-an-iphone-now-you-know/
The way it works is you choose the strokes that are in the character you want and it gives you options accordingly.

I like that.]]>Jul 15th 2007 8:02PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/07/15/what-would-chinese-input-look-like-on-an-iphone-now-you-know/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/07/15/what-would-chinese-input-look-like-on-an-iphone-now-you-know/Jul 15th 2007 8:07PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/07/15/what-would-chinese-input-look-like-on-an-iphone-now-you-know/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/07/15/what-would-chinese-input-look-like-on-an-iphone-now-you-know/the second one is saying, actually I would rather go have some chinese dish outside. I can't decide so you pick!"

and the third one is saying "ok why dont we go have Chinese outside then"


From my stand point, the text input looks very hard to just type out regular phrases. Most Chinese mobile phones nowadays have hand writing recognizable function build in somewhere, so using your thumb is a bit of a hassle IMO]]>Jul 15th 2007 10:10PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/07/15/what-would-chinese-input-look-like-on-an-iphone-now-you-know/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/07/15/what-would-chinese-input-look-like-on-an-iphone-now-you-know/
Oh, and that red button on the bottom left says "pen entry", I think.

After further reading, it seems that it *is* a mockup. A really good one, but still just a mockup. They're not even sure if it'll hit mainland China (let's be honest; some people in the mainland go through prepaid SIMs like candy- will the activation scheme really fly? Think not- the Meizu version will be more popular for this reason).]]>Jul 15th 2007 10:44PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/07/15/what-would-chinese-input-look-like-on-an-iphone-now-you-know/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/07/15/what-would-chinese-input-look-like-on-an-iphone-now-you-know/Jul 16th 2007 5:05PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/07/15/what-would-chinese-input-look-like-on-an-iphone-now-you-know/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/07/15/what-would-chinese-input-look-like-on-an-iphone-now-you-know/
The knockoffs appeal to me precisely because they have far better Chinese input than an iPhone could (Apple wouldn't mar their iPhone with a stylus slot, would they?)]]>Jul 17th 2007 12:51AMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/07/15/what-would-chinese-input-look-like-on-an-iphone-now-you-know/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/07/15/what-would-chinese-input-look-like-on-an-iphone-now-you-know/Jul 16th 2007 8:41AMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/07/15/what-would-chinese-input-look-like-on-an-iphone-now-you-know/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/07/15/what-would-chinese-input-look-like-on-an-iphone-now-you-know/Jul 16th 2007 12:25PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/07/15/what-would-chinese-input-look-like-on-an-iphone-now-you-know/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/07/15/what-would-chinese-input-look-like-on-an-iphone-now-you-know/Jul 16th 2007 3:14PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/07/15/what-would-chinese-input-look-like-on-an-iphone-now-you-know/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/07/15/what-would-chinese-input-look-like-on-an-iphone-now-you-know/Jul 16th 2007 3:42PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/07/15/what-would-chinese-input-look-like-on-an-iphone-now-you-know/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/07/15/what-would-chinese-input-look-like-on-an-iphone-now-you-know/Jul 19th 2007 11:22AMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/07/15/what-would-chinese-input-look-like-on-an-iphone-now-you-know/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/07/15/what-would-chinese-input-look-like-on-an-iphone-now-you-know/
Even if hand-writing is still challenging, why would you limit the input method to just the 9 strokes you find in regular mobile phones? Why not the full keyboard of Wubi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wubi_method or Changjie http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Changjie ? Or just present a full QUERTY keyboard for hanyu pinyin ?

But then all these input methods are not mutually exclusive -- one can implement all of these -- hand-writing, Wubi, Changjie, those in the mock up and let the user choose what to use.

All told, Chinese input is a hard UI problem. It'll be interesting to see what Apple actually comes up with.]]>Jul 17th 2007 10:58AMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/07/15/what-would-chinese-input-look-like-on-an-iphone-now-you-know/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/07/15/what-would-chinese-input-look-like-on-an-iphone-now-you-know/
I also believe Korean phones to be easier, but never seen them yet: numeric keys possibly duplicating as choseong/jongseong (initial/final consonants, respectively) and jungseong (vocals).]]>Jul 23rd 2007 12:06AM