在苹果的官方网站上,我们看到“语言”一栏里,显示语言有英、法、德、日、意大利、西班牙、简体中文和俄文。注意,没有繁体……下面的键盘设置里也没有繁体,辞典支持里也没有繁体。繁体中文甚至无法在iPad里面输入。同样是苹果的产品,繁体输入法早就在iPhone里实现了,但是iPad却不支持繁体中文输入。对于主打阅读的iPad来说,繁体中文输入的缺失,值得探究。
附:Language support for English, French, German, Japanese, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Simplified Chinese, Russian
Keyboard support for English (US) English (UK), French (France, Canada), German, Japanese (QWERTY), Dutch, Flemish, Spanish, Italian, Simplified Chinese (Handwriting and Pinyin), Russian
Dictionary support for English (US), English (UK), French, French (Canadian), French (Swiss), German, Japanese, Dutch, Flemish, Spanish, Italian, Simplified Chinese (Handwriting, Pinyin), Russian