Change log of CE-Star Suite 2.8 for WM5

Version 2.8 R3c, 28 Mar, 2008

1. Enhanced support for WM 6.1 .
2. Improved input panels. Especially, added the support for high-resolution devices, such as 320x320 and 640x480 etc.
3. Now the font size of candidates list can be adjusted in system display settings.
4. Now the Register utility displays the registration status.

Version 2.8 R3b, 28 Dec, 2007

1. Added support for devices with built-in digital keypad (e.g. HTC Touch Dual, Asus P750, P527 etc.), both standard digital keypad and enhanced 20-keys keypad. The available input methods for the digital keypad include: Pinyin, Strokes, Chajei, Quick-Chajei and Romaji (Japanese).
2. Added Strokes input method option in Setup program.
3. Some bug-fixes and enhancements in the input panels.
4. Few minor improvements in the data of Pinyin, Chajei, Quick Chajei and Strokes.
5. Enhanced Japanese phrase dictionary. For more details about CE-Star Japanese support, please click the below link:
   
       CE-Star, Better Japanese Support!
    
   
6. Enhanced digital keypad smartphone support.
7. Support dual keypad smartphone (such as HTC S710/S730, Dopod C500 and Pantech Duo etc.).
8. Now supports more new Smartphone models, including Samsung Blackjack2, Moto Q9 series, Asus M530w, Palm Treo 500 etc.
9. Added tweakings for Unicode encoded SMS on CDMA devices, specially for Palm Treo 700w and CDMA phones by HTC.

Version 2.8 R3a, 28 Jul, 2007

1. Enhanced WM6 support. Specific in the process of input panel loading and Pocket IE auto wrapping features.
2. Better Japanese support. Now it provides better Japanese input method, allows the user to input Kanji, Hiragana and Katakana easily; Allows Japanese standalone installation without Chinese support; Better Japanese Kanji, Hiragana and Katakana font display. For more details about CE-Star Japanese support, please click the below link:
   
       CE-Star, Better Japanese Support!
    
   
3. Add Bopomofo and Chajei floating keypad display feature in Smartphone and Palm version. This feature helps the user to use Bopomofo and Chajei input method without remembering the key mapping.
4. Enhanced Bopomofo input method for 3-Rows QWERTY keypad. Faster and easier than standard Bopomofo keypad layout.

Version 2.8 R3, 28 Feb, 2007

1. New utility program to help the user to register CE-Star on the mobile device instantly without hassle.
2. Fixed a bug in 2.8 R2a which disables the device buttons on few models.
3. In Messaging, the new composing message will be in encoding depending on user's regional setting.
4. Added WM6 (Crossbow) support.
5. Improved setup program to avoid the user install incorrect version onto the mobile device.
6. Special version for Palm Treo 750/700 series. It is optimized version for this series models.
7. Optimized CE-Star input panel loading.
8. Enhanced setup and uninstall program, to make it be installed onto Chinese devices more easily.

Version 2.8 R2a, 30 Oct, 2006

• Improved input panel loading implement. Now CE-Star and PenPower input panels can be switched on correctly always.
• Implement IE-Auto-Wrap without changing locale setting
• Fix one bug which makes CE-Star input panel switching failure on few device models
• Hong Kong EUDC Font is working now. And current version supports HKSCS 2001, 3768 characters. Support for HKSCS 2004 will be implemented in later version.
• Improved UniSun font
• Fix a bug in pinyin processor
• Update Smartphone version for:
  a. Add HTC Excalibur, Cavalier and Samsung i-320 support
  b. Fix bug which make the switch hotkey can not be working on some devices
• 2.8 R2a for PPC 2003 is available now.

Version 2.8 R2, 2 Aug, 2006

• Improved compatibility of DynaNLS technology, now it is full compatible with Pocket Outlook, .Net CF and SQL CE applications.
• Fix few CE-Star input panel bugs which affects Windows Media fullscreen switch operation and keyboard unlocking
• Now CE-Star new IME working on O2 Atom, HP 6800/6900, Treo 700w and other devices.
• Smartphone Support (digit keypad and qwerty keyboard both)
• Fix few IME bugs which occupy on Chinese OS only
• Support ACTION key to input current selection in candidate list
• Speed up for all Input Methods
• Select UI language depending on user desktop PC's regional setting
• Now the loading of input panels are more stable then before
• GBK character set support for simplified chinese input methods
• Only display available input methods in the CE-Star popup menu
• Auto enable "Use unicode when necessary" option for sending Chinese SMS

Version 2.8 R1c, 20 Apr, 2006

• Fixed two bugs in IME
• OEM version control
• English date format in Singapore regional

Version 2.8 R1b, 16 Feb, 2006

• Optimized for install and run on Chinese devices
• Fixed few bugs in IME

Version 2.8 R1a, 28 Dec, 2005

• ASCII characters width correction
• Can be installed/uninstalled on Chinese version WM5 devices
• Fixed uninstall issue for incorrect NLS settings
• Improved new wince.nls to support more regionals and remove Korean locale
• Added IE Auto-Wrap option in option dialog to allow user adjust IE wrap method

Version 2.8 R1, 8 Dec, 2005
The first official release version of CE-Star 2.8 for WM5.

Version 2.8 Beta4, 16 Nov, 2005
The newer beta release version of CE-Star 2.8 for WM5.

Version 2.8 Beta3, 3 Nov, 2005
The first public beta release version of CE-Star 2.8 for WM5.