Rumor: Chinese text entry in iPhone on the way?
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Now this is pretty cool. Build 5A258f of the new iPhone firmware will include Chinese input methods using handwriting recognition. Sadly, this only works with Chinese and not Japanese or even English. Chinese iPhone soon? I’d bet on it.