Talk:Q9 input method

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In hk, from what i've seen, nokia and most other phones use the "5 stroke" method to enter characters and motorolla uses its own 9 stroke method. Nokia has the option for using pinyin, but its for simplified characters only. I think all phones in mainland china use pinyin. I don't know why the page says Q9 is the normal method used on cell phones, i've never seen it. Maybe it was normal years ago. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.64.202.247 (talk) 06:52, 14 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Which phones actually use Q9? Nokia ones certainly don't; they instead use T9 Chinese. spacehunt 06:30, 5 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Q9 is used at a lot of schools as an easier form of Chinese input. The license fee is cheap (US$9) for commercial use, and actually cost-free for personal use. It is not necessary to use the keypad, an on screen keypad display allows selection of glyphs via a mouse pointing device. 219.79.235.121 02:35, 1 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]