Palm Desktop can't work with Japanese Windows

For Japanese palm users, what we need to be Japanize is not only palm handheld itself, but palmdesktop is also needed to be Japanize.

Of course we can install from CD-ROM which is included with palm handheld.
But it can't show Japanese word correctly.

To show Japanese language with English palmdesktop is either
1: Using Special patch from the website.(There are many patches for each palmdesktops version.)
2: Modify Windows Registory to show Japanese word in palm desktop.

Eventhough you do these process, you have still problem with Japanese Windows & English palmdesktop.
When you try to make new contract, Japanese Windows doesn't allow it.
Somehow freeze and auto-close the palmdesktop.
This iproblem looks like because of Japanese Windows specitself.

Then, do we have to give up to use palmdesktop?
No, here also has putch to be able to avoid this problem.
You can download the patch and overwrite the file in the palmdesktop folder.

If you think these process looks difficult for you, then you can use Agendus or outlookexpress as well.

Why does ACCESS purchase Palmsource?

　　　On Sep 9, ACCESS announced purchased PalmSource. All PalmSource stock will be bought by ACCESS with around 35.8billion JPY.

　PalmSource is famous as known for palmOS. On the other hand, ACCESS, famous for preinstalled browser "NetFront". Why do they purchase Palmsourse? IT media (Japanese Source) interview to Mr.Oishi who is Marketing Director of ACCESS.

ITmedia :
At first, let us know the procedure of purchasing Palmsourse. From which side suggest this subject and from when the negotiation started?"

Mr.Oishi:
It has just started from July 2005. Actually, ACCESS and Palm has business relationship since 3 years ago for licensing ACCESS Engines on PalmOS. From ourside, we suggest that we should cooporate more. Then if we need more cooporation, - why we aren't be as one?- This is the procedure of this time news.

ITmedia:
Why do you want to have more cooporation with Palmsource? What kind of benefit you can get for this time purchasing Palmsource?

Mr.Oishi:
For mobilephone business, we can say we have strong relashionship with Mobilephone careers and Mobilephone Hard Makers in Japan. And Palmsource has so much good applications. At the same time, applications for mobilephone also has many kinds of applications and some of them can make you make sync with addressbook in mobilephone & servers. But developping such a application, PalmOS has much advantage, so if we shake hands, we can support each other.PalmOs is "Developper Community". This is really strong advantage in the market and in addition to that, Palmsource has already purchased China Mobilesoft with 250 staffs. That means we can use cheap resources in China for R&D.

ITmedia:
Will you provide software for smartphones with so much PalmOS applications?

Mr.Oishi:
That is one of our future solutions. If we use Palm community, new applications are easily released with many developers.And also if we can make Linux based palmOS and released it all in one, we can reduce cost and leadtime for R&D.That makes us to get more cliants.

ITmedia:
ACCESS has already browser application for DoCoMo, Japanese Giant career and work together. But at the same time,New mobilephone careers are focus on Such a smartphone buisiness in Japanese market. Will you provide same kind of platform to other careers?

Mr.Oishi:
That is one of the choice for our future business. But we want to make sure our concept. Linux is not only for PDA. In these days, DoCoMo's paltform is also Linux and other set-top-box, Digital TV also use Linux. But actual situation for makers is just like, this layer is made by A company, application is from B company, and then.... it takes time and be confused. But we ACCESS and PalmSource can support such a solution as one.

ITmedia:
In these days, palm has not good performance in the market. Why they cannot make it?

Mr.Oishi:
Palm set up PDA & Smartphone as center of their business. But that was too long to keep the direction. PalmSource also understand it and try to shi9ft their business more to the mobile and Wireless business. Purchasing China MobileSoft is one of the their change. They just want to make change. But they can make it more with us. With ACCESS purchases PalmSourece, it makes the worth 1 yen as 3 yen, but if others purchase palmSource, it still as 1 yen.

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I am not sure what will be happened in future for palmOS. But from the CNET news as below,

Eventually, Access said its plan is to combine its Linux-based NetFront browser with the Palm OS version 5x--also known as Garnet. The representative said Access may even revisit the Palm OS version 6, known as Cobalt, which was not broadly licensed by PalmSource.

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Especially, we Japanese expect Japanese palmOS will back to market since SONY Clie was discontinued.
Anyway, we will see what kind of good things come to us.

* This picture is palm OS 6 "Cobalt" JAPANESE version which was cancelled for development at onece.

Clie is really discontinued in July

I live in Bangkok. More than a year ago, Clie has been disappeared from oversea include Bagkok. So Clie, now you can buy only in JAPAN.
But even in Japan, in this month July 2005, it's the time for Clie to be discontinued completely.
From this month, SONY makes Clie VZ90 price down -30,000 YEN (around -270 USD).
And TH55B, TH55DK(TH55B with many dictionary-applications in memory-stick), they are out of stocks for a while, but from this month, many final lot of Clies in the shops but no more addtional production.
I will go to Japan in Augst next month. I am still wondering "Should I buy and keep final Japanese OS palm devise?"But at the same time, I don't want to believe this is the final chance to buy Japanese palmOS delives. I want to believe some years later, other Japanese makers will release palm devise with Japanese OS.
Anyway, if you want to buy Clie(not second-hand), there is not so much time is left to be a owner.

Japanese Graffiti Area

Original Japanese Palm Devices have different Graffiti Area from English Palm Devices.
The lpicture as above, Clie SL-10 English version. This Graffiti Area is quite common for except Japanese
people.

* This one is Japanese version Graffiti Area.
At the bottom, with white circle = change English or Japanese IME mode by tapping.
* Green circle, Change "Hiragana" or "Kanataka" mode, both of them are Japanese language, but has different types of letters.
* Red circle, after you input Hiragana-Japanese, then tapping, it will show you candidates to change Chinese Charactor = this is also one of the Japanese charactor style, but not same as Chinese Language.
* Right blue Circle = you can confirm your letter to input by tapping(after chosing Chinese charactor, or Hiragana, or Kanataka.)

When I wrote explanation as above, it looks to be quite complecated even for Japanese but this input way is common way for us to input by computer, too.

　　　　　

Even Vertual Graffiti follow this type of Graffiti Area.
See pictures as above from Clie VZ90.
(Normal mode and Landscape mode also follow the Japanese Graffiti Area.)

March-Business Trip Around !!

Sorry, no updated this website in March.
Because I had business trip to four countries in three weeks.
Usually, I had many business trip, but in three weeks, just back to home 3days to get new underwears.

Any way, enven in such busy days, I am lucky to have many friends to meet me.

8 March in Hongkong

On 8 March, I was in China. I could stay there, but to meet friends (who have never met) waiting for me in Hongkong. So I did not stay over night at China, then back to Hongkong in a day.(The above picture is taken by my Treo650.)

They brought their own Treo650s. None of these Treos' Japanese IMEs is the same. Buster's Treo has ATOK, 10g's is POBOX, and my Treo with J-OS IME. All Japanese IMEs got together.
And these cases are made in China. Actually when Buster and TJ went to Japan, they found good case for Treo. But TJ's favorite color was not in Japan. So they bought one and brought it to China and asked to make copy one, but made by genuine leather.(Buster gave me one. Thank you.)

And even Pocket PC user Asukal brought his palm smarphones.

Mr.Yamane who loves NOKIA and his house looked like museum of NOKIA left to Germany to join mobile phone event after this meeting.

The Next day, in Japan...

Meeting in Hongkong finished around 23:30. On the next day, I flied to Japan and a rrived at Yokohama,checked in Hotel at 18:30. Then immediately went to anotherOff Line Meeting at Ramen nudle museum at Shin-Yokohama.

God! How many Japanese has Treo? Treo cannot be used by Japanese languadge without special knowledge and even thoght Nobody can use Treo as mobile phone in Japan!!

From the left, Treo600 UK-Orange version, GSM(Singapore), Treo650 GSM(Singapore), CDMA Sprint(USA).
As same as last time, Ms.Pochi brought us to the Shiraki-ya, Japanese drinking bar, and drank until 4:30am. I woke up at 6:30am then my work in Japan was started....

Treo650 vs treo600

Since I bought Treo650, more than 2weekss has been past.
What's new to compare with ex-main machine treo600?
As above, Treo650 has high-resolution screen. So especially for Japanese language, it is more beautiful than treo600 (low-resolution screen).

treo 600(Left) Treo650(Right)

At first, I could not find out 650's turn on button. Because 600's turn on-off button is located at the bottom of antena. On the other hand, 650's is one of hard button(Keep Long push).

treo600(Left) Treo650(Right)

Keyboard has many improvement.
Easy to key in by finger and illumination is much more brighter.

trep600(Left) Treo650(Right)

Side Button is also changed. Treo650 has additional back button. But its surface to too smooth to key in, then some time easy to drop.

treo600(Left) Treo650(Right)

Regarding graving, 600 has inmold-rubber at the corner, but 650 has nothing like that.

The shapr of stylus is changed. When we need make reset, treo600's stylus needs to take out it's head, but Treo650's is no need to take it out, Just push the reset button. But the location of 650's reset button is difficult to push. You need to take out battery cover and push(The hole upper side of battery).

Treo650(Left) treo600(Right).
How to insert SD is also different. treo600 make you upside down SD card when you insert it to treo.But for Treo650, it's quite natural. No need to upside down, just insert it as usual.

treo600(left) Treo650(Right)
Of course, you have many chance to use Treo outside, because it's mobilephone. But treo600 screen is difficult to see at outside. On the other hand, Treo650's is improve so much. You can recognize what's on the screen easier wherever you are.

Your first impression may these two models are same. But there are so much improvement on Treo650.