Review my (non-profit) startup, 20:20
trevelyan: "Also, some of the most widely-used written languages like Chinese have very complex character systems that are not really amenable to traditional computer text entry methods. "In my experience dumbing down the interface has two advantages: (1) it somewhat reduces the complexity of the application on the development side, and (2) it helps users in their learning curve. It is dangerous to assume the user is not intelligent enough to pick the right tool for the job. Better to assume they are more intelligent than you but ten times more impatient. The competition for this application would seem to be the iPhone.Anyway, a Chinese user will not look at your application and say, "it doesn't support my language, but those vector graphics are nifty, I think I'll draw everything instead of typing for once." They'll simply buy something with Chinese language support like the iPhone.