Cheap Japanese palmtop?

March 8, 2007 4:31 PM

Looking to buy a cheap old WinCE palmtop. The catch? I want one that has a keyboard and allows entry of (or at least display of) Japanese text.

Any suggestions where to go for such a thing? Is it possible to track down a copy of Japanese Windows CE and install on, say, an HP PC660LX or something like that?

posted by DoctorFedora to Computers & Internet (4 answers total)

This site may have some - I think they have the best collection of old Windows CE devices around.
posted by EllenC at 6:07 PM on March 8, 2007

How about this incredibly awesome computer, the Sharp Zaurus SL-C3200. It's a fully featured computer running linux and has japanese input.
You can get it on ebay for about 500-600$
http://www.mobiletechreview.com/Sharp-Zaurus-C3200.htm

You can even put a wifi card and get internet access. This is an awesome computer.
posted by PowerCat at 7:55 AM on March 9, 2007

Response by poster: $500-600 is over my price range by about a zero. : P I think I've actually found what I want on eBay for about $50, and apparently JWPce allows Japanese text display/entry without native OS support.
posted by DoctorFedora at 8:15 AM on March 9, 2007

Get a Newton MessagePad 2000 and put this on it:

http://tmurai-web.hp.infoseek.co.jp/computers/freeware/newton/nJIM/nJIM.html

Newton all the way, baby!
posted by OldReliable at 9:21 AM on March 9, 2007