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Non-JP iPhone and e-mail - tokikura - 2009-03-17
Hey there,
(Seemingly) like a number of people on here, I've been looking at the possibilities of using an iphone for study etc. but have a question.
It obviously supports Japanese input and display, but is email from a non-Japan iphone trouble free when eg. sending mail to a Japanese cell phone user? I've done some googling but the only concrete info I can find revolves around emoji issues, something I very rarely use (or receive from Japanese).
Anyone got any real-world info on this, please?
Thanks!
Non-JP iPhone and e-mail - yukkuri_kame - 2009-03-17
My iphone is on an american account. In 6 months I haven't had any trouble e-mailing back and forth with japanese contacts, though use of japanese is relatively infrequent. The mail program in general is satisfactory as far as I'm concerned.
Non-JP iPhone and e-mail - tokikura - 2009-03-17
Thanks yukkuri_kame.
I guess being more specific would help - I'm particularly concerned about encoding issues/mojibake etc. My research suggests that it isn't possible to change/set the character encoding in the mail app.
Non-JP iPhone and e-mail - Jarvik7 - 2009-03-17
The iPhone won't 文字化け assuming the recipient is using the defacto standard for JP email on their end. It's odd since Mail for Mac OS X uses unicode by default for Japanese unless you change a setting from the terminal.
Non-JP iPhone and e-mail - yukkuri_kame - 2009-03-17
Haven't had any mojibake problems. My wife has them on her mac (occasionally, and I wonder why that is? And what to do about it?
Non-JP iPhone and e-mail - tokikura - 2009-03-18
Thanks both! iPhone here I come, I guess.