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Posted by: seibufan

I recently bought Sharp 903sh on Ebay, I do alot texting and not feeling lack of a dictionary. I was wonder what sites I go to download a compatible dictionary for the phone.
Thanks

Posted by: P5010

you're SOL
no T9.. u'll have to live with slow texting

EDIT: too used to hearing the T9 question with regards to jap fw... ya look into other firmwares

Posted by: bee

HK firmware has T9 list....
so has euro...

Posted by: seibufan

Thanks for the info P5010 and bee for the info. Nah, I've haven't thought about changing fw.

Posted by: altNz

Or you could have gone Toshiba. To be honest maybe it's because I learned to text in Japan first that I never understood why people can't live without T9 or similar text input system.

Posted by: AL9999

Ya... once you use T9 you generally don't look back. It makes typing HEAPS faster. The only thing most people hate about it is when it doesn't understand the word you're typing and you have to register it in the custom dictionary. Some people can't be bothered doing this

Posted by: aesculanus

they have their own "T9" for japanese though - just use that! why else use the japanese fw?

Posted by: AL9999

Japanese NEEDS a predictive text system to convert from Hiragana to Kanji. Without one you can't type Japanese properly. The ones that come with phones nowadays are pretty good at figuring out the words you're typing just from a few letters, and many remember the words you pick so as to suggest them later. Japanese input programs are far more advanced than T9. Far more advanced...

Posted by: aesculanus

iTap was always my preferred text input. About the only thing motorola ever got right as far as interface goes. it really reminded me of my japanese sanyo's input method from days gone by. it's so good, even now, that i still second glance motos even though i learned to drop them like a bad habit 2 phones ago. nokia and moto.... geez talk about losing your way....

Posted by: AL9999

Yeah. The worldwide phone market is a sorry sight these days. There's nothing I would buy right now or recommend to anyone. I don't like any of the current lineup at all.