Hello.
I bought a 3100 last year, and have happily been using it as an amazing tool for Japanese study since then. The main selling point for me has been the ability to have Japanese dictionaries that can be searched via handwriting (kanji) recognition.
Like I said, I have been extremely happy with the 3100 so far; however, its one main fault (for me) is its lack of Java support - the reason being that I would like to write a flashcard / study tool for the device, but don't want to have to go through the trouble of writing it in Qt (I have already done a lot of the work in Java, and setting up the development environment for Qt is a pain).
Anyhow, I have been looking around for a solution to my problem, and I'm wondering if pdaXrom is a possible match for my needs.
I have done some looking around for myself, but I would really appreciate it if one of the pdaXrom gurus would let me know if these functionalities would be possible on a 3100 / pdaXrom setup (Entries marked with an * are absolutely essential. Other entries are "nice, but not essential"):
1*. Maintains japanese input support, including handwriting recognition. (From what I have read on the forums, it seems like you can get uim up and running in pdaXrom, but I am wondering whether it includes some sort of handwriting support.)
2*. Java (at least 1.4) support.
3*. A dictionary program exists for it that I could install Jim Breen's jdic (edict) dictionary into.
4. That dictionary program could also be used to access the two Japanese dictionaries (koujien and the other)that are included with the 3100. (I know this might be impossible because I think they are encrypted...)
That's pretty much it. Basically, I just want a solution with which I have Japanese handwriting support, a japanese-english dictionary, and the ability to run some Java study programs that I write.
Thanks for your help,
joe
