International Versions

The list of languages offered by OEM by type of PC Companion

The Windows CE operating system has been localized in eight languages: Brazilian Portuguese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, and Spanish. Third parties offer packages to adapt H/PCs to other languages.

These Handheld PC device manufacturers offer a variety of models in the following languages:

Manufacturer	English	French	German	Italian	Japanese	Korean	Portuguese	Spanish
Compaq	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y		Y	Y
Ericsson	Y
Hitachi	Y				Y
Hewlett-Packard	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y			Y
NEC	Y				Y
Sharp	Y	Y	Y		Y
Novatel Wireless	Y
Vadem	Y
Casio	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y			Y
LG Electronics	Y					Y
Philips	Y	Y	Y	Y

These Palm-size PC device manufacturers offer a variety of models in the following languages:

Manufacturer	English	French	German	Italian	Japanese	Portuguese	Spanish
Everex	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Casio	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y		Y
Philips	Y	Y	Y

These are some of the software vendors that offer products for additional languages:

• Prestige Network Language Enabler
  • Current languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Finnish, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Slovenian, Slovak, Czech, Polish, Croatian, Serbian, Hungarian, Rumanian, Bulgarian, Russian, Turkish, Greek

  • Under development: Arabic and Hebrew

• SunnySoft
  • Software keyboards with national characters are available for a number of Western and Eastern European languages including Czech, Dutch, Hungarian, Polish, Slovak, and Slovenian.

• ArtSoft
  • Localization kits are available for a number of Western and Eastern European languages including Danish, Finnish, French Belgian, French Canadian, French Swiss, German Swiss, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish Mexican, Swedish, Czech, Polish, Slovak, Hungarian, Slovenian ,Turkish, Greek, and Russian.