iPhone 4 supports Unicode in SMS messages. Furthermore, the SMS standard provides for Unicode in messages:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS I haven’t encountered any problems sending Unicode SMS messages on AT&T in the US. Debbie On Oct 29, 2010, at 8:13 AM, Ed wrote: > That's an interesting question Don. > > I recently bought a so-called "ChiPhone" (Chinese phone) which has > message catalogs and input methods for English, Français, Español, > Português, Italiano, Deutsch, Bahasa Melayu, Bahasa Indonesia, Türçe, > Tiếng Việt, русский язык, Arabic, Persian, Romanian, ไทย, 繁體中文 and of > course 简体中文. > > The phone has a side slide-out QWERTY keyboard which is very > convenient. The input method for 简体中文 is decent enough. However, > overall the software on the phone sucks, and a number of the other > language input methods are awkward or bordering on unusable. The lack > of Japanese is also annoying. > > And there is another big problem: at least here in the U.S., it looks > like at least some major carriers refuse to accept Unicode text > messages outside of the ASCII range. I wish I knew more specifically > what is or is not accepted. I know I have had problems trying to send > Chinese text messages with T-Mobile: the carrier refused to accept > messages containing "symbols". Very annoying. > > Does anyone on this list know specifically what limitations carriers > in the U.S. impose on unicode SMS messages? Are there specific > encoding issues? > > I think it would be especially valuable to know if the iPhone4 using > ATT in the U.S. deals with Unicode properly? The reason I single out > the iPhone4 is because its high-resolution screen is very much > superior to a typical smart phone, especially when it comes to reading > scripts with many strokes like Chinese, or with many small diacritical > marks, like Vietnamese or Thai. (If you have not done so yet, try > reading a Chinese web page on your typical smart phone, and then do > the same on an iPhone4 to see the difference). > > - Ed > > On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 8:20 AM, Don Osborn <d...@bisharat.net> wrote: >> What do users of this list find to be the most Unicode friendly smart >> phones? Apps for those phones? Best input systems for texting beyond ASCII >> (and potentially multiscriptly)? >> >> >> >> Thanks in advance for any feedback. I’m back in the US and in the market for >> a new phone, and if I pay for high-end, don’t want to be limited to ASCII. >> >> >> >> Don > >
