| Mobile phone penetration is increasing globally. With | | | | characters cannot be used to communicate in |
| the increase in handsets, being able to | | | | data format for example Greece, Finland, Norway |
| communicate with the handset owners in their | | | | - just to name a few.Prior to development of a |
| own language is something that is becoming | | | | user-friendly Java based application, users had to |
| increasingly important.The first question that | | | | be familiar with Hex and the conversion of |
| comes to mind is how it works when foreign | | | | Unicode characters into Hex in order for the |
| languages are sent to mobiles from a web site. | | | | binary data to be sent to recipients via mobile |
| Based on the fact that computers fundamentally | | | | phones from web sites.This now all changed for |
| just deal with numbers, letters and characters are | | | | end users. The java based application used for |
| stored using a unique number for each and in the | | | | sending Unicode allows users to send sms from |
| past these unique numbers had to be assigned | | | | the web site in the language their keyboard is set |
| through the use of encoding systems. As a result | | | | to. Once logged in, users have the opportunity to |
| hundreds of different encoding systems existed, | | | | choose whether they want to send their text |
| none compatible with each other and none of | | | | message in Unicode or in English. After selecting |
| them containing enough characters to deal with all | | | | Unicode, the user is presented with the |
| languages. All this changed with the invention of | | | | opportunity to send their message in Hex or |
| Unicode. With Unicode one number for each letter | | | | based on their keyboard settings (Keyboard |
| has been assigned (a standard has been set) and | | | | input).The process is extremely simple and user |
| it is network, platform and language independent. | | | | friendly - if your keyboard is set (for example) to |
| The emergence of Unicode standards and tools | | | | Greek, you simply type the message in and click |
| allowed web platform owners and developers to | | | | on "send" - the text will be delivered to the |
| develop additional tools which enables end users | | | | recipient in Greek. Unicode is still limited to 70 |
| to send sms in their own language.These | | | | Characters, which is a GSM restriction, but the |
| applications are especially important in the Middle | | | | use of 160 characters is currently under |
| East (Arabic), Far East (Chinese, Taiwanese, Hindi | | | | development.Visit for more details and a free test |
| etc.) and European countries where normal English | | | | account. |