[tlug] i-mode i18n

[Jim Breen <jwb@example.com>]

>> From: Tony Laszlo <laszlo@example.com>
>> 
>> Is it true that Japanese cellphones 
>> are limited to s-jis? 

Yes.

>> Can't we run 
>> some embedded Linux system that will 
>> allow the usage of utf-8 and right-to-left 
>> characters? Too much to ask? 

Probably. The day may come when keitai manufacturers allow you to run
your own OS, but hell might freeze over first.

>> If TRON is good enough for kitchen 
>> appliances and satellites, why not the 
>> keitai?

TRON! I'd prefer Shit_JIS to going with TRON's anti-Unicode line.

Jim

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