Comments on: My sorta-new phone: Blackberry 7100 http://www.pandapassport.com/technology/blackberry-in-china/ Blogging from Behind the Great Wall Fri, 16 May 2008 03:39:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: Chris http://www.pandapassport.com/technology/blackberry-in-china/#comment-2121 Chris Wed, 25 Jul 2007 10:39:12 +0000 http://www.pandapassport.com/technology/blackberry-in-china/#comment-2121 How do you get by without sending Chinese text messages? First of all, it's a great way to practice Chinese. Erqie, some of my Chinese friends don't know any English. I have a few friends who's phones don't read Chinese characters, and I have to send them messages in Englihs or pinyin, and it drives me crazy. Does your phone at least display Chinese okay? Just curious, that's all. How do you get by without sending Chinese text messages? First of all, it’s a great way to practice Chinese. Erqie, some of my Chinese friends don’t know any English. I have a few friends who’s phones don’t read Chinese characters, and I have to send them messages in Englihs or pinyin, and it drives me crazy. Does your phone at least display Chinese okay?

Just curious, that’s all.

]]> By: admin http://www.pandapassport.com/technology/blackberry-in-china/#comment-2122 admin Wed, 25 Jul 2007 14:37:10 +0000 http://www.pandapassport.com/technology/blackberry-in-china/#comment-2122 The phone can display chinese no problem. If I have friends who can;t read english, sending them a pinyin message will do. Worst case scenario, I just call them. I find the most common use for Chinese text messages is sending addresses to laowai friends so they can show them to taxi drivers. To tell the truth, these days my socializing has been kinda minimal -- and I don't use my phone all that much. And that's just fine with me. I spent my first year here socializing, and doing little more than that. I'm busy now, but happy that I'm more productive. :em20: The phone can display chinese no problem.
If I have friends who can;t read english, sending them a pinyin message will do. Worst case scenario, I just call them.

I find the most common use for Chinese text messages is sending addresses to laowai friends so they can show them to taxi drivers.

To tell the truth, these days my socializing has been kinda minimal — and I don’t use my phone all that much. And that’s just fine with me. I spent my first year here socializing, and doing little more than that.

I’m busy now, but happy that I’m more productive. :em20:

]]> By: Learn Chinese http://www.pandapassport.com/technology/blackberry-in-china/#comment-16237 Learn Chinese Mon, 07 Apr 2008 03:02:10 +0000 http://www.pandapassport.com/technology/blackberry-in-china/#comment-16237 The other big use of text messaging, I discovered, is to send friends elaborate greetings on holidays. Got a phone full of them on new years, and again on valentines day(!). There's a funny article about some of the quasi-feminist messages that circulated on cell phones on International Women's Day on the Chinese Voices Project page (www.clavisinica.com/voices.html), including the one about planting husbands in May so you can harvest two or three of them in August... The other big use of text messaging, I discovered, is to send friends elaborate greetings on holidays. Got a phone full of them on new years, and again on valentines day(!). There’s a funny article about some of the quasi-feminist messages that circulated on cell phones on International Women’s Day on the Chinese Voices Project page (www.clavisinica.com/voices.html), including the one about planting husbands in May so you can harvest two or three of them in August…

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