New Technology has made it possible for a whole Range of Devices to have a more Intelligent User Interface.

Unicode is a Character Encoding Mechanism in which every Character is Assigned a Unique number, irrespective of the Operating System or Application. Each Language's basic Characters have their own Distinct and Unique Character Code Values.

A few ideas came up in discussion of Tex Texin's Unicode Benefits table. It seems that 5 four-letter words might help to clarify some of the issues in non-technical language.

Definitions, Data valuable information ,Easy, Inexpensive, Find Access, Give Exchange, Keep Permanence . Let's look at these Ideas one by one, to see how they are related, and to see how in the Long run, Unicode is an inexpensive thing with Unimaginably Big Future Payoffs.

Data
People want valuable, Usable, Worldwide, Multilingual, Technical, Catalog, Marketing and sales information of all kinds.

Easy
People want this to be easy. "Easy" means "Inexpensive".

Find
People want Easy Access-They want to easily find Valuable Information.

Give
People want to give you Data, and they want you to give them Data, in an Accessible, Portable, Editable Format that can be Easily swapped between Computers.

Keep                                                                                                                                                                         

People want the data in a permanent format that will be as Accessible and Exchangeable tomorrow as it is today.

Money spent to get data into permanent form today is Money that will never have to be spent again. Unicode support is a Modest Long term Investment that will have Big Future payoffs. Building Unicode support opens and keeps open doors to Rich Data. Why not give yourself now what you will want in the Future? When you need to use characters outside the GSM 7-bit alphabet, your SMS will become a Unicode SMS. A Unicode SMS can only contain 70 characters. You can use the preference Allow long messages to send more than 70 Unicode Characters. Please first Test Reception. Not all Mobile Networks support Unicode SMS. For example, Unicode SMS is not supported for US mobile number Destinations. Mobile phone penetration is increasing globally. With the increase in handsets, being able to Communicate with the Handset Owners in their Own Language is something that is becoming increasingly Important.