[JesterMania]

Originally Posted by griph

At least there is a picture - enough to identify the particular PPC - with so many listed perhaps the issue was bandwidth? There is an old saying "Do not Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth"

Perhaps you're right about the bandwidth issue, I'm just posting my constructive criticism on the site, that's all. It just seemed odd to me they have a "Click on the image to enlarge!" link below each image but when I click on most of them, it didn't seem it was enlarged at all.

Originally Posted by ipaq_wannabe

no, what im saying here is that the W-ZERO series from Sharp is NOT loaded with the "Phone Edition," but the "WM5 (for regular PDA non-phone devices)."

the dialing software in the Sharp-series is NOT from the OS - but is proprietary...

why do people mistakenly assume that it uses the "Phone-Edition," or the "Smartphone Edition," or whatever just because it looks and has the functionality of a phone? the OS of the Sharp-series is ONE and the SAME plain vanilla-type of the Axim X51V...

Thanks for clarifying. I assumed it had the Phone Edition OS simply because most devices of this type use the Phone Edition version and not the plain vanilla one. Obviously, I have never had a W-ZERO before and have been misled :wink: .

[JesterMania]

Originally Posted by griph

At least there is a picture - enough to identify the particular PPC - with so many listed perhaps the issue was bandwidth? There is an old saying "Do not Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth"

Perhaps you're right about the bandwidth issue, I'm just posting my constructive criticism on the site, that's all. It just seemed odd to me they have a "Click on the image to enlarge!" link below each image but when I click on most of them, it didn't seem it was enlarged at all.

Originally Posted by ipaq_wannabe

no, what im saying here is that the W-ZERO series from Sharp is NOT loaded with the "Phone Edition," but the "WM5 (for regular PDA non-phone devices)."

the dialing software in the Sharp-series is NOT from the OS - but is proprietary...

why do people mistakenly assume that it uses the "Phone-Edition," or the "Smartphone Edition," or whatever just because it looks and has the functionality of a phone? the OS of the Sharp-series is ONE and the SAME plain vanilla-type of the Axim X51V...

Thanks for clarifying. I assumed it had the Phone Edition OS simply because most devices of this type use the Phone Edition version and not the plain vanilla one. Obviously, I have never had a W-ZERO before and have been misled :wink: .

[kazbluesky]

Im working here in Japan and am thinking about buying one of these phones. Does anyone know whether it would be possible to change the Japanese OS to an English one? Or is there a little program that would change the text to English?

Also, anyone know if this has IR ? I liked being able to change my TV/satellite with my last PDA's IR.

Hope you can help,

Kaz

[Nurhisham Hussein]

Originally Posted by kazbluesky

Does anyone know whether it would be possible to change the Japanese OS to an English one?

It's not possible I'm afraid, nor legal.

[kazbluesky]

im sad to hear it's not possible.

Why is it illegal? cant I just buy a new English system ? No one has wriiten a program to do it?

Anyway, thanks for letting me know.

[Darius Wey]

Originally Posted by kazbluesky

Why is it illegal? cant I just buy a new English system ? No one has wriiten a program to do it?

Each device ships with a license that grants the user the right to use the version of Windows Mobile provided. Any attempts to switch over to another is seen as a breach of the user agreement, and thus considered illegal.

In the future, Microsoft will allow users to switch their version of Windows Mobile over to other languages, but it will be up to OEMs to offer that service to its users.

[Nurhisham Hussein]

Originally Posted by kazbluesky

Why is it illegal?

If I had a dollar for every time I answer this question, I'd be richer than Bill Gates, but Darius' answer is right on.

Originally Posted by kazbluesky

cant I just buy a new English system ? No one has wriiten a program to do it?

I could go into why it's not possible, but since its a legal grey area and morally and ethically questionable, I won't. Trust me, with this particular device, it's not even theoretically possible. You can of course, purchase localisation software for particular applications, but the base OS will remain in Japanese.

[kazbluesky]

Gosh, it all sounds very strict. I guess I should just start learning Japanese!!

Thanks for your help,