Thursday April 10
 
09:59
 
Still Two Left

I solved one of my last two frustrations with Windows Mobile 6 EMonster this morning – I found out how to turn off the “beep” sound of systems alerts. The answer was staring me right in the face all along - unfortunately it was staring me in the face in Japanese, and my face doesn’t respond to Japanese.

Anyway, to turn off the “beep” of system alerts and the “beep” when you tap on the wrong place on the screen, go to the sound options and uncheck the first box. The reason I didn’t spot this before is that I took イベント (e-be-n-to) to be related to calendar events rather than system events. Should have looked up the kanji, I guess – but I can’t look up the kanji for everything, there is just too much.

I should be down to one frustration now – how to scroll a line/half page at a time rather than a page at a time – but I discovered a new one this morning: after downloading an MP3 to my phone, I can’t find out how to make it into an alarm or ringtone. It should be easy, right? I probably need to do some conversion to WAV or cut the MP3 short or find come obscure option, however.

As an aside, I really wish Microsoft would provide language packs for WM6. It can’t be that difficult – can it? They have experience making Windows multi-language, and Vista has language packs. Even the iPhone and iPod support multiple languages. 

Even if Microsoft dont want to bloat ROMS with English and multiple other languages, at least make them downloadable. Being forced to use Japanese rather than being allowed to switch to English is as annoying as doing a PC Windows Update and then having a pop-up remind you every 2 minutes that you need to reboot your computer… grrrr….