Tip – managing Chinese SMS on the iPhone

I still have big problems talking to people on the phone, as I discover each time I get one of my daily wrong number calls. This is pretty incovenient, but I’ve discovered an oft-useful workaround of SMS. In written form, when I can take a bit of time and access my suite of tools, I can easily understand everything and usually compose a sensible response as well.

If you use an iPhone, a handy app called PhoneView lets you access all the SMS information pretty quickly from the desktop, which means translation and enlightment are straightforward and hassle-free. I can then compose a reply, but have to type that into the phone. Once I can send an SMS from the desktop, I’ll be very happy. I hope the APIs open up well enough to do that in the future.