Friday, June 12, 2009

How to Store Japanese Contacts in iPhone

I live in Japan. I have an iPhone. I speak/read/write Japanese, but my primary language is English. Here's how I store Japanese people in my address book in iPhone.
  • First Name: family name (since this is used first by Japanese)
  • Last Name: personal name
  • Phonetic First Name: family name in kanji
  • Phonetic Last Name: personal name in kanji
With this method, the Japanese name is visible in kanji in the main contacts list, but is listed alphabetically by the romaji version of their name.

1 comment:

  1. Not sure how this will work with Voice Control in iPhone 3G S though...

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